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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Check out the detailed videos on YouTube to learn more about planting and managing annual ryegrass. It will build soil while saving money on fertilizer inputs. And it will boost crop yield as the soil returns to its normal health.
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Annual ryegrass is an ally when it comes to converting to no-till practices. The cool-season grass soaks up available nitrogen from the soil in its vegetation and roots. When killed in the spring, the stored N is released, made available to the corn or soybeans planted afterward.
The trick however, is that the cover crop can [...]
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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 [...]
In a recent Forage Legume Management Guide, Texas A & M University recommended annual ryegrass as part of a desirable mix to overseed warm-season perennial grass in pasture.
Part of the mix recommended is legume, like clover, because of its nutritive value, its ability to fix nitrogen and also for it being a good for controlling [...]
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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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