Some weed scientists are still concerned that annual ryegrass, if improperly managed, can become a weed pest. Some even contend that the plant can develop a resistance to glyphosate (the generic herbicide that many associate with the Monsanto product Round Up).
One university researcher recently posted a blog that suggests that growers must use a cocktail [...]
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Iowa State University has preliminary results on cover cropping in corn - the potential to boost yields even after removing the bulk of corn stalk residue for use in biofuel production!
Here’s the article that appeared today in Agro Times online:
Two years into a study looking at methods of combining a living cover crop between corn [...]
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Annual ryegrass and cereal rye are both popular cover crops in the corn and soybean rotation in the Midwest. However, many seed dealers and growers still get the two confused. Here’s an article from today’s No-Till Farmer that highlights some of the differences.
Annual Ryegrass, Cereal Rye Have Important Differences
Knowing the differences between annual ryegrass and [...]
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A grower from Kentucky wrote recently about his use of annual ryegrass as a cover crop:
I think one of the keys to winter survival of Ryegrass is to NOT put nitrogen on it in the fall. Nitrogen causes a plant to take on a lot of water. What happens when water freezes? It expands and [...]
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Some weeks ago, the West Coast ag magazine Capital Press posted this article about Oregon-grown annual ryegrass and a new partner in Midwest cover crop acreage: crimson clover:
Capital Press, Salem, Oregon (by Mitch Lies)
They aren’t synonymous with salt and pepper, but apparently annual ryegrass and crimson clover are combining to provide good benefits to Midwest [...]
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Dormant seeding, or “frost seeding,” - a cover crop is much less common than seeding in late summer, after harvest. But Michigan grower Larry Bonnell shared his dormant seeding success with No-Till Farmer magazine this week. He is talking about annual ryegrass. Here’s an excerpt, which you can access by logging on to No-Till Farmer.
“I [...]
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