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Cover Crop Education On the Road Hi folks. I know that most of you have been dying for new blog posts and a newsletter from me. I realize that you can’t sleep at night because you are wondering “is Dave okay?” I appreciate that – even if it’s not true! So where have I been? . . . → Read More: Cover Crop Road Trip  
Cover Crop Problems? Corn Planted into Bruiser Annual Ryegrass I often hear folks saying that farmers should be careful planting into cover crops. There is fear that: “there will be slugs.” you “can’t adequately kill the cover crops.” you can’t depend on getting a “normal” stand. Well, here we are after one of the . . . → Read More: Do Cover Crops Hinder Corn Population? In this post we look at two more videos of mixes on December 2, 2010. This first mix in this session is of Austrian Winter Peas and GroundHog Radishes. The seeding rate is 30# Peas and 5# of Radish per acre. The main thing we observe in this plot is the larger radishes than we . . . → Read More: Cover Crop plots in December-What can we tell now? part 2 The video below shows the value of Crimson Clover in a cover crop setting. Crimson clover has been tested and shown to produce as much as 140#/N after it has been planted after wheat. The plots in this video were planted around July 29, 2010 by the Jasper and Newton County SWCD folks (Thanks Dan . . . → Read More: Big Radish fed by Crimson Clover  Leave a comment  Breaking Up Compaction, Cover Crop Roots, Crimson Clover, Radishes, YouTube Videos  Annual Ryegrass, AU Robin Crimson Clover, Crimson Clover, deep roots, Groundhog radish, legumes for cover crops, nitrogen production, nutrient scavenging, prevented planting acres, Radish, soil compaction, Tillage Radish I was in western Pulaski County of Indiana again yesterday afternoon (11/16/2010) at the Leman farm. This is the third year that the Leman’s have used cover crops. Curt Leman dug some pits for us so we could see what kind of rooting depth we have achieved since the annual ryegrass was planted on Sept . . . → Read More: Annual Ryegrass Roots Video – 40″ deep in 2 1/2 months! |
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