Tips for Choosing the Right Cover Crop Species for Planting Green

Saddle Butte Ag’s T.J. Kartes shares the cover crop species that consistently overwinter & what to consider when planting green into any cover

TAKEAWAYS

  • The taller cereal rye gets the less leaf surface there is, making it harder for the herbicide to work.
  • Red clover can also overwinter but must be seeded very early.
  • The farther south the farmer, the more options they have, such as clovers and winter wheat.

T.J. Kartes doesn’t believe there’s a cover crop species that shouldn’t be planted green into. 

“I think we can plant into anything that overwinters,” says the Saddle Butte…

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Laura barrera

Laura Barrera

Laura Barrera is the former managing editor of No-Till Farmer and Conservation Tillage Guide magazines. Prior to joining No-Till Farmer, she served as an assistant editor for a greenhouse publication. Barrera holds a B.A. in magazine journalism from Ball State University.

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