Earning the Right to Plant Cover Crops
Mackane Vogel here at the Acres Eco-Ag Conference and Trade Show in Madison, Wis., and for this week’s segment we are going to toss it off to Gary Zimmer to talk a little bit about his cover crop strategies.
Protect Soil, Produce More ‘N’ with Frost Seeded Red Clover
No-tillers raising winter wheat can use this time-honored practice to boost yields for the following crop, improve soil tilth and relieve compaction, all without hauling out a no-till planter or drill.
When Aaron McQueen started farming 3 years ago, he wanted to seed a cover crop after winter wheat harvest to reduce erosion and increase soil tilth and soil biological activity.
Frost seeding red clover into winter wheat was once a common practice in his area and highly recommended by agronomists, so he decided to try it.
Working with heavy clay soils in Fisherville, Ontario — where he says there’s a plow pan on essentially every…
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