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Time Running Out to Use Cover Crops on Prevent Plant Acres

October 2, 2019 | Posted in Grazing

Source: Winchester, Indiana News Gazette

The announcement by the USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA), enables farmers who plant cover crops on prevented plant acres to hay, graze, ensile, or chop those fields earlier than November 1. For 2019, RMA will allow farmers to make forage on prevent plant acres after Sept. 1. Find out more in this article from the News Gazette (Winchester, Indiana).

Recommendations for Prevent Planting Corn, Soybeans as Cover Crops

July 5, 2019 | Posted in Seeding Practices

Source: Purdue University press release

Keith Johnson, professor of agronomy at Purdue University, said some producers with prevent plant acres are considering using corn or soybeans as a cover crop, a practice recently approved and supported by the Purdue Extension Field Crop and Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Specialists.

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