I’m often asked what my favorite cover crop is after wheat and why. That’s a hard question because there is sufficient growing season after wheat to grow just about anything in the book! Planting cover crops after wheat is a big opportunity to improve the soil, protect it from erosion, grow organic matter and natural […]
My Favorite Cover Crop After Wheat Read More »
Opinion Alert – From here on the lines between accepted agronomic best practices and the flavor of crazy that I prefer get blurry. Farming is an art as well as a science, so keep an open mind.
Virtual Cover Crop Tour – Spring 2024 Read More »
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
Cover Crop plots in December-What can we tell now? part 2 Read More »
Puny, they just look puny this year! Those Austrian Winter Peas are supposed to be 30″ tall like 2009…well, with less than 2″ of rain in NW Ohio since mid-July, I guess they look pretty good…but still puny. THAT is why I take a shovel with me…I want to see what they are really doing
Video of Austrian Winter Pea Roots 11/11/2010 Read More »