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? […]
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In early December, 2011 I visited two farms in Kosciusko County Indiana (NE IN) where producers had intentionally planted cover crops after their wheat was harvested for the purpose of grazing cattle and improving soil. One of the producers planted a mixture that was featured in this blog. His Oats/Cereal Rye/Turnip mixture looked beautiful and
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In September 2011 I posted about an Ohio farmer that planted into “out of control” peas and shared about his story of how the field was looking pre-harvest. I have recently visited with Dave (the producer) and he shared the information that a number of you asked for…and also surprising yield data. Dave farms with
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In this cover crop post I again quote Paul Conway from Kansas, who is giving his input on cover crops in the Great Plains. In this article, Paul shares his experience with Austrian winter peas, field peas, chickling vetch, and hairy vetch. Dave, Austrian Winter Peas: I have limited and disappointing experience with Austrian Winter
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I’ve had the privilege of meeting a gentleman from Kansas named Paul Conway. Paul is an avid “cover cropper” and he has been for nearly 20 years! Paul reminds me of my father, who was an early pioneer of no-till (over 40 years of no-tilling on our farms). I have asked Paul to give a
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I have learned so much about cover crops since I started this blog in 2010. One of my hopes has been that I could have guest bloggers that would occasionally share with everyone what their experiences have been. The following post is from Daryl Starr of Advanced Ag Solutions in Indiana. I really appreciate reading
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The Risk Management Agency ruled today to change their policy on cover crop usage and cash crops that follow cover crops. In a previous post I reported some limitations that the RMA had on following cover crops (cover crops could not be headed out, could not be harvested before planting cash crop, etc…). This good
Hallelujah – New RMA ruling provides a BIG boost for cover crop users and Agriculture Read More »
For some time I have promoted aerial applying cover crops into standing cash crops. We have a pretty definitive maturity set for corn when it comes to aerial application. But there is some question of when to fly cover crops into soybeans. The range of discussion on this topic usually goes from 50% yellow leaf
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