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Managing Root Rot in Cover Crops with Pulses

By Sue Roesler posted on February 2, 2024 | Posted in Seeding Practices

Producers are increasingly planting cover crops to improve soil quality, help manage weeds or pests, and provide livestock forage – but is root rot a possibility when pulses, specifically peas and lentils, are added to improve the nutrition of the mix?

Growing Nitrogen with Legume Cover Crops

Nitrogen is an essential nutrient for plant growth, but price fluctuations of fertilizers leave farmers looking for alternative solutions. Planting legumes as a cover crop can increase soil nitrogen and perhaps even reduce reliance on fertilizers.

By Brook Wilke posted on May 12, 2023 | Posted in Investing in Regenerative Ag, Soil Health

Source: Michigan State University Extension

Nitrogen is an essential nutrient for plant growth, but price fluctuations of fertilizers leave farmers looking for alternative solutions. Planting legumes as a cover crop can increase soil nitrogen and perhaps even reduce reliance on fertilizers.

GROWMARK Acquires Allied Seed

GROWMARK, Inc. announced today the acquisition of Allied Seed, LLC., based in Nampa, Idaho.

January 25, 2023 | Posted in Seeding Practices

GROWMARK announced today the acquisition of Allied Seed, based in Nampa, Idaho.

Legume Cover Crops Means Less Fertilizer Needed

July 9, 2021 | Posted in Soil Health

Source: Altoona Mirror

For corn, using dairy manure and legume cover crops in crop rotations can reduce the need for inorganic nitrogen fertilizer and protect water quality, but these practices also can contribute to emissions of nitrous oxide — a potent greenhouse gas. Read more in this story from the Altoona Mirror (Altoona, PA).

Mung Beans Help Diversify Cover Crop Mixes, Stretch Feed Supplies

By Sarah Hill posted on February 11, 2020

You have probably seen mung beans before but didn’t know what they were. This warm-season legume used by many as a cover crop is best suited to certain regions and soil types. Mung beans can be an additional cover crop species to add diversity to cover crop mixes.

Lentils: Not Your Average Cover Crop

August 5, 2019 | Posted in Seeding Practices

Source: Wisconsin State Farmer

Using the test plots at the Peninsula Research Station near Sturgeon Bay in cooperation with Door County agricultural agent Annie Deutsch, the Extension Service's northeast area nutrient and pest management program senior outreach specialist Jamie Patton plans to grow lentils in combination with other cover crops.