Intercropping Cover Crops into Corn in the Upper Midwest: Results of 3 Years of On-Farm Trials

 

Erin Silva

Professor of Plant Pathology

University of Wisconsin

Farmers in the upper Midwest face challenges to diversifying the species of cover crops grown on their farms due to the short window for planting and establishment after corn harvest. Interseeding cover crops shortly after corn planting offers an opportunity to plant the cover crops during the summer, providing greater time for establishment and growth and wider choices of cover crops to plant. This presentation will discuss the results of three years of data collected from farms across Wisconsin that planted diverse cover crop mixtures into corn grown on 30” and 60” rows, including impacts of cover crop biomass production, soil health parameters, and corn yields.

 
 
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