Seeding annual ryegrass this year should be a piece of cake, compared to last, when many farmers flew on the seed or bagged the idea of doing a cover crop entirely, simply because the harvest came off the fields so late.
This year’s a different story. Many are already well into harvest activities and so there’s [...]
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A story today in Indiana Prairie Farmer, on an upcoming cover crop informational field day.
The Indiana Farm Management Tour was held in central Indiana, in Hendricks County, where soils tend to be flat and wet. But Jack Maloney and other hosts sang the praises of cover crops. They’ve become an important part of their [...]
Seeding date: The ideal time to plant annual ryegrass is from the middle of August to the end of September, after harvest - unless you plan to aerial seed it (see below for more on that.)
Seeding rate: 15 - 20 lb/ac.
Seeding up to mid October is possible but more weather dependent, especially the further north [...]
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Roger Wenning, a Greensburg, IN farmer and cover crop advocate recently held a field day to measure root depth of annual ryegrass planted as a cover crop at various dates last fall and winter.
Wenning is one of 40 or so “Innovators” featured in a report by Dr. Joel Gruver, Western Illinois University professor. That report is available on [...]
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Jamie and Jim Scott, of J.A. Scott Farms in Pierceton, IN, have been recognized as innovators and it has paid off in soil health, crop productivity and new business for them. (The American Soybean Association, in 2008, awarded them the Conservationist of the Year for their use of no-till with cover crops and a variety [...]
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Most of the farmers I’ve met this week at the Pennsylvania No-Till training are in the dairy business, even though some are getting out due to the low price of milk the last couple years. Some are putting in row crops, which would change a lot of management practices.
According to folks from Penn State, the [...]
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