Different cover crop application methods and timing of those applications were evaluated at Ivy Tech in Lafayette, IN. Cover crop treatments are highlighted from right to left which corresponds to ...

In this case, seeding cereal rye into a standing crop provides more growth in the fall for better erosion control over-winter. If cereal rye is seeded too late in the fall, desired erosion control ...

For farmers trying to Flip their Soil and improve soil health one simple thing they can do this fall is plant cereal rye as a cover crop and plant soybeans into that stand.

Purdue Extension Elkhart County is offering free cover crop seed while supplies last. Small packets have been made up to seed roughly a 100 square foot area (10 feet by 10 feet, for example, or 5 feet ...

Cereal rye is a go-to cover crop for many producers, including organic growers looking to avoid a chemical method of weed control. Eric Yu is a University of Minnesota Extension educator on crops ...

Experiments were conducted with winter- and spring-sown cover crops to compare drilling and broadcasting methods for establishing rye mixed with either purple or common vetch on beds. Results ...

Cereal rye as a cover crop may reduce waterhemp populations without yield loss in soybean, according to a three-year study at the University of Missouri.

Roller Crimping Roller crimping is a technique used to terminate cover crops ahead of no-till planting a cash crop. It is a high management system that requires an adaptive management approach. Roller ...

No-till planting sweet corn after terminating rye with herbicide seems easier to switch to (from conventional tillage) than no-till planting with rye terminated by roller-crimping at planting. The ...

An overarching goal for planting cover crops is to produce as much biomass as possible during the growing window. Higher levels of cover crop biomass will reduce soil erosion, inhibit weed growth ...

A cover crop is established to prevent soil erosion and improve soil health, rainfall absorption and weed control from the fall harvest to spring planting.

In a "three-factor factorial experiment," researchers compared injecting manure into the soil versus broadcasting it on the surface; planting rye as a winter cover crop versus allowing the rye to ...