Winter Cereal Rye: Plant Cover Crops

Photo Diary – Soybeans planted into a Cereal Rye cover crop- part 2

By Dave, on July 7th, 2011%

No-Till Soybeans planted into Cereal Rye 7-1-11

I am so pleased to present these photos of how well my friend Dave’s soybeans planted into tall cereal rye looks. Dave is from central Indiana between Indy and Lafayette. See the previous photo diary here. I know Dave gained lots of encouragement to try this from Howard and Mike Weller from the Continental, Ohio . . . → Read More: Photo Diary – Soybeans planted into a Cereal Rye cover crop- part 2

Photo Diary – Soybeans planted into a Cereal Rye cover crop

By Dave, on June 6th, 2011%

I am very blessed to know a number of producers that are passionate about cover crops and crop production profitability. One such producer is a fellow named Dave from NC Indiana. (Dave is very humble and does not want notoriety so I will not use his last name or exact town.) However, Dave has agreed . . . → Read More: Photo Diary – Soybeans planted into a Cereal Rye cover crop

Managing Cereal Rye

By Dave, on May 3rd, 2011%

Here is a very good article from Penn State on managing cereal rye - via the No-Till Farmer website.

Cereal rye is a pretty common cover crop. Killing it does not take "rocket science" but you need to know what to do to make sure you fully eliminate it.

http://www.no-tillfarmer.com/pages/News—Tips-For-Cereal-Rye-Management.php

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Super-charging rye

By Dave, on November 19th, 2010%

The following post is used with permission from Donald Davidson an agronomist who writes for DTN. Pleas copy the link in your address bar.

http://bit.ly/bn40ae