In this episode of the Cover Crop Strategies podcast, brought to you by Montag Manufacturing, Ryan Schmid, a research scientist and agroecologist at the Ecdysis Foundation in South Dakota, gives a preview into his upcoming presentation at the 2023 National Cover Crop Summit. 

A discussion in the Organic Grain Resource and Information Network (OGRAIN) email group started with a question about interseeeding clover into soybeans. Several no-tillers proceeded to discuss the topic and how timing of planting could dramatically affect the outcome.

For the past two years, we have been participating in a multi-regional US Soybean Board funded experiment that is investigating the effects of planting green on no-till soybean production and management of multiple-resistant waterhemp populations. Planting green is the delay of cover crop termination until after cash crop planting, which is a departure from the standard practices of terminating a cover crop 10-14 days prior to planting. Our coordinated project focused on no-till soybean (30" row spacing; Enlist system) preceded by cereal rye (60 lb/ac) that was sown after field corn.

A question about cover crop termination and chisel plows came up in the Organic Grain Resource and Information Network (OGRAIN) email group and was quickly answered by other farmers who have some experience on the subject.