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 [...]
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 [...]
Continue reading about Annual Ryegrass Compared to Cereal Rye as a Cover Crop
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 [...]
Continue reading about Nitrogen Use with Annual Ryegrass in the Fall - To do or Not to do?
Last fall, me and a couple of others planted annual ryegrass as a cover crop in small, no-till test plots about 40 miles NW of Indianapolis, with the idea of testing, this spring, what the Nitrogen content would be in the top growth, as well as the Nitrogen/carbon ratio. The idea is to quantify how much [...]
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Next Saturday, two Soil & Water Conservation Districts and a local college will sponsor a field day in Pierceton, IN - a “show and tell” about the use and benefits of cover crops.
I’ll be among those presenting information, on annual ryegrass particularly but touching on the use of other cover crops too.
Jamie and Jim Scott [...]
Continue reading about Field Day April 3 - Cover Crops, including Annual Ryegrass, in S. Illinois
Cover crops coming to a Corn Belt field near you?
That was the headline from an article written at the recent Commodity Classic show in Anaheim, CA. Here’s the text, below, and here’s the link to the online site E-Agro Trading.
Cover crops catching on with Midwest growers, says Commodity Classic team
John Walter
Agriculture.com Executive Editor
Annual ryegrass and [...]
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