Part 2 of a 3-part series from Penn State University that examines cover crop mixtures, their cost effectiveness, the benefits and challenges of planting and how to design a crop mixture to achieve multiple goals.
Multi-Tasking Cover Crops Suppress Weeds, Help Boost No-Tilled Soils
For this episode, we are going to Nelson, Missouri to visit with Alan Weber as he discusses his use of cereal rye and other cover crops on his farm. Weber runs a diversified crop and livestock operation and he’s found cereal rye especially useful in reducing pigweed and waterhemp pressure.
