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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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 [...]
Continue reading about The Mystery of Nitrogen in Converting to No-Till
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 [...]
Continue reading about Word Spreads about Annual Ryegrass Use in Forage and for Cover Crops
The Midwest Cover Crop Council is producing a very useful tool for those interested in venturing into no-till. Here’s the link to their web information
. They look at a variety of factors - location, soil type, crops planted after the cover crop and more.
But for general information, here are a range of attributes we’ve [...]
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 [...]
Continue reading about Iowa State Research on Cover Crops Shows Yield Boost in Corn
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
