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 In the summer of 2010 I entered a number of “cover crop” radishes into research plots in Michigan and Minnesota. Some of the products I entered were given to me from a supplier in Oregon. They had collected seed samples from Europe that had been touted as cover crop worthy. They weren’t. Fortunately those varieties never . . . → Read More: Cover Crop Radish Research reveals interesting data and information   “Planting this corn field was like planting into a garden” said my friend Dave. He has been a ‘cover cropper” for six years now. This year Dave no-tilled approximately 50% of his acres. Dave is one of the most innovative guys I know…but he’s also “cautious”; he does not want to lose money! That’s why Dave . . . → Read More: Photo diary- Corn after a cover crop (after corn) As I take phone calls and conduct meetings I ask producers if they want to have the cover crop they are choosing to overwinter or die during the winter. I’d guess that the answer as split 50/50. The biggest reason for wanting the cover crop to die is that producers don’t want to have “to mess” . . . → Read More: What if a cover crop dies over the winter…was it still valuable? This photo is from the Thumb of Michigan where we had great success with the Radishes (these were GroundHog Radishes). The seeding rate was 10#/ac and planted w/o a companion crop. Over the past number of weeks I’ve noticed quite a difference in radishes growing in farmers fields. Some are outstanding and consistent; deep and . . . → Read More: You don’t always get what you want…but often get what you pay for! This tuber of GroundHog Radish was fairly typical where there was good fertility. This came from a very sandy soil near Melvin, MI. The farmer is very pleased with the results on his 300 acres of radishes. There are big differences in cover crop radishes. Some are outstanding and consistent; deep and fairly large tubers (tuber . . . → Read More: Big Differences in Cover Crop Radishes |
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