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 [...]
I noticed these recent posts on No-Till Farmer’s website - growers recognizing the value of cover crops to prevent erosion. Note that in the second case, he’s using cover crops on waterways, as well as on crop lands.
Dan Gillespie is a no-tiller at Meadow Grove, Neb., and state NRCS no-till specialist. At this time, [...]
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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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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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