Termination Options for Cover Crops & Winter Cereal Forages

Best management practices for terminating winter cereal forages and cover crops with pre-plant burndown programs.

By Dwight Lingenfelter and John Wallace posted on April 12, 2024 | Posted in Termination

As planting season approaches, here are a few best management practices for starting clean in fields with winter cereals that will be harvested for forage or cover crops that will be terminated ahead of planting.

Managing Root Rot in Cover Crops with Pulses

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

Source: The Prairie Star

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?

Are Cover Crops Right for Your Farm?

October 25, 2023 | Posted in Seeding Practices

Source: Farm Progress

Getting the greatest benefit out of cover crops requires a management level on par with corn and soybeans. Growers should start by testing a cover crop on a single field and expand.

Fall Planted Cover Crops Can Break a Corn Soybean Rotation & Improve Soil Health

By Michelle Rook posted on October 9, 2023 | Posted in Soil Health

Source: AgWeb

As the combines start rolling across the country farmers are focused on taking the crops off the land. However, it's a great time for farmers to also be thinking about planting cover crops to help them improve soil health.

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Planter Setup Tips for Planting into a Green, Living Cover Crop

This week we’re going to hear from Dodge County, Wis., no-tiller Tony Peirick as he shares some key tips for setting up a planter to plant green into a living cover crop. This video comes to us courtesy of University of Wisconsin’s Integrated Pest and Crop Management program.

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