Tag: cover crops
USDA will let farmers make hay earlier on cover crops
Farmers can hay, graze or cut cover crops for silage, haylage or baleage on prevented plant acres on or after Sept. 1 and still maintain eligibility for their full 2019 prevented planting indemnity.
Use a cover crop to help your cash crops
Cover crops help build your soil profile and open channels to allow heavy rain to quickly infiltrate into the ground where it is useful to plants.
Study finds cereal rye contains high rates of weed seeds
Starting with 2016 and continuing through '17 and '18 the Indiana State Seed Lab has had high failure rates on both regulatory and service samples of rye.
Farmers’ cover crop advice, keep it simple
Farmers gathered at Pilgram Farm, Mercer County, to discuss cover crops April 11. Researchers, educators and producers all chimed in to give advice.
Regaining soil functions
Regaining soil health means higher yields and more aggregate stability. Experts describe the need to treat soil like a living breathing being.
Winter cover crops make better spring soils
Grazing winter cover crops can provide winter forage for livestock, increase soil biology and organic matter and decrease soil erosion and nutrient runoff.
Overcoming cover crop obstacles takes attention
If you want to ensure the best chances of a successful cover crop seeding in the coming fall, initial planning needs to start now.
Birds use cover crops as B&B during migration
University of Illinois research shows that migratory birds prefer to rest and refuel in fields with cover crops.
A quick guide to planting cover crops
Keeping the soil covered and active, with a living root zone for more of the year, leads to long-term soil improvements, productivity, and profitability.
Time to seed alfalfa
Late-summer is an excellent time to establish alfalfa. Plant alfalfa from August 1st to August 15th in northern Ohio and until August 30th in southern Ohio.
