In previous posts I have shared about the importance of applying cover crops at the correct time. I also looked at the difference in how cover crops emerged in corn and soybean fields when aerial applied in the fall of 2011. In the past several weeks I have traveled over much of Indiana and northwestern […]
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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
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Difficulty establishing cover crops is viewed by some farmers as one of the reasons of why NOT to plant cover crops. Aerial application has been viewed as “guess-work flying” by some producers because of some poor application jobs in previous years. However, since the 2011 crop was planted late because of record setting rain in
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Cover crop cereal rye has been getting some “bad press” over the past month. It has been suggested that there is a connection with cover crop rye and Goss’s Wilt in corn (cereal rye making the Goss’s Wilt disease worse in corn). I have talked to a few agronomists who had never heard of cover
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My good friend David from Mercer County, Ohio is a great cover crop advocate. Over the past few years he and his father-in-law have begun planting cover crops after their wheat crop is harvested. The first year he planted oats and cover crop radish and this past year they planted a mixture called N-Vest® Groundbreaker
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A few weeks ago I spoke at a meeting in Tipton County, IN about what chemicals to watch out for when a producer was following corn or soybeans with cover crops. My instruction then and now is – “Follow the label” AND “talk to your chemical supplier” about what is safe for planting brassicas, clovers,
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After several months of trying to arrange schedules between a number of very busy men we have now set dates and times for training pilots on aerial applying cover crops. Click here for the CoverCropWebinarFlyer. There are Two Sessions Available: August 29 from 7-8 p.m (CST) August 30 from 6-7 a.m. (CST) Limit: 25 people/session Cost: $100/login Please
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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
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