Interseeding cover crops

University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Highboy Project Will Monitor Biomass & Nitrogen in 2024

April 2, 2024 | Posted in Seeding Practices

Source: University of Nebraska-Lincoln Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources

Cover crops are a recognized method for increasing soil health by reducing soil erosion, increasing soil organic matter and improving soil structure. Cover crops can also safeguard water quality by reducing nitrate leaching.

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Study Shines Light on Drill-interseeded Cover Crops in Corn

March 22, 2024 | Posted in Seeding Practices

Findings from a newly published Weed Science Society of America research article provide integrated weed management directives for Northeast U.S. corn conservation-tillage systems.

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Cover Crop Strategies' Best of the Web: Jan. 5, 2024

January 5, 2024

Cover Crop Strategies editors encounter a variety of articles, social media posts, podcasts and videos that offer a unique look at various aspects of our great agricultural industry. Here is our favorite content from the past week. The Best of the Web This Week series is brought to you by Saddle Butte Ag.

Clemson Study Finds Interseeded Cover Crops Do Not Compete with Cash Crops

September 25, 2023 | Posted in Seeding Practices, Soil Health

Source: Clemson News

A team of Clemson University researchers has found certain cover crops do not compete with cash crops for nutrients and water when grown in upstate South Carolina’s sandy loam soils.

Species Selection for Interseeding Covers into Early Season Corn & Soybeans

By Nelson Winkel, Mary Drewnoski, Chris Proctor, Jenny Rees, Steve Melvin, and Katja Koehler-Cole posted on May 1, 2023 | Posted in Seeding Practices

Source: University of Nebraska-Lincoln Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources

The goal with interseeding cover crops into corn and soybean early in the growing season is to allow for more time for a cover crop to be established. Having more time for establishment prior to harvest can aid in suppressing weeds, capturing excess nitrogen, providing additional nitrogen, increasing diversity and establishing forage for grazing.

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Cover Crop Strategies' Best of the Web: Dec. 2, 2022

December 2, 2022

Cover Crop Strategies editors encounter a variety of articles, social media posts, podcasts and videos that offer a unique look at various aspects of our great agricultural industry. Here is our favorite content from the past week. The Best of the Web This Week series is brought to you by Salford Group.

[Video] Interseeding Cover Crops Into Small Corn

December 15, 2021 | Posted in Seeding Practices

"Lazy farmer" Mark Legvold, Northfield, MN, discusses how he interseeded cover crops into corn when the corn was about 1 foot tall. Legvold does two things at once by broadcasting cover crop seed using salt spreaders while also applying nitrogen.

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Interseeding Covers & Variable Rate Sidedressing

July 11, 2021 | Posted in Seeding Practices

Source: Ohio's Country Journal

Time is one of the most precious commodities on a farm. There are windows of opportunity to accomplish certain tasks in production agriculture, and with the adoption of new practices, such as cover crops, sometimes those windows become limited. Read more in this article from Ohio's Country Journal.

[Podcast] Interseeding Covers Into Corn

This week’s podcast, sponsored by GS3 Quality Seed, features Axel Garcia y Garcia, Associate Professor of Agronomy & Plant Genetics, University of Minnesota. Garcia y Garcia will discuss how interseeding helps cover crops fit into a cropping system, different methods for interseeding cover crops, timing of interseeding covers into corn, and more.

June 30, 2021 | Posted in Seeding Practices

This week’s podcast, sponsored by GS3 Quality Seed, features Axel Garcia y Garcia, Associate Professor of Agronomy & Plant Genetics, University of Minnesota. Garcia y Garcia will discuss how interseeding helps cover crops fit into a cropping system, different methods for interseeding cover crops, timing of interseeding covers into corn, and more.

Interseeding Cover Crops into Corn and Soybean

June 28, 2021 | Posted in Seeding Practices

Source: University of Nebraska Extension

With the short-season available for growing cover crops after corn harvest, interest in interseeding cover crops into corn and soybean crops has increased in recent years. Interseeding is primarily done with a drill early in the season prior to crop canopy closure or via broadcast seeding late in the season, prior to harvest when the crop canopy begins to re-open. Read more in this article from University of Nebraska Extension.