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Radish / Pea Mix Video

Austrian Winter Peas, cover crop radish varieties, cover crop radishes, cover crop seeding rates, cover crop selection, Groundhog radish, manure, manure management, nutrient management, Radishes, scavenge nitrogen

I have been visiting a farm in eastern Whitley County Indiana over the past month and have seen a few fields of an Austrian Winter Pea/Radish mixture. These fields were wheat fields that had dairy manure knifed into them after they had been harvested and deep tilled. The video shows what a great stand the […]

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Cover Crops and Manure are a Great Combination

Annual Ryegrass, corn silage, cover crops, manure, manure management, manure management with cover crops, scavenge nitrogen

During my past five years with the Midwest Cover Crops Council, I have heard cover crop experts say that “the farmer who has access to manure is the perfect candidate to use cover crops.” I witnessed this truth up-close and personal this fall when visiting the Leman farm in NW Indiana. The Leman family has

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