Cover Crops and Manure are a Great Combination
Manure was captured by the annual ryegrass cover crop and was available for the following year’s corn crop. During my past five years with the Midwest Cover Crops Council, I have heard cover crop...
View ArticleCover Crop Slurry Seeding Video
Dr. Tim Harrigan from Michigan State has been working on slurry seeding cover crops the past few years with very good success. I’ve included his video to let him tell you how he’s doing it!
View ArticleCover Crops Increase Iowa Corn Yields
Cover crops are helping to increase yields in Iowa corn fields. My friend Sarah Carlson from Practical Farmers of Iowa sent me the following testimonial from Eric Franzenburg from east central Iowa...
View ArticleFertilizing Cover Crops & Planting Legumes After Soybeans
If you spend any time at all in cover crop meetings, you may have heard that it’s a good idea to add 20-50# of Nitrogen per acre to your cover crop – if you don’t have a legume in the mix or you don’t...
View ArticleCover Crops to the Rescue!
A Huge Problem Brad, TJ, and Andrew inspecting one of Brads many cover crop fields that were planted in July 2013 on prevented planting acres. Recently I was in Minnesota with Brad Hagen, T.J. Kartes,...
View ArticleCover Crop Field Day Set in Blooming Prairie, MN
This Radish was planted in late July 2013 and after 33 days has tremendous growth. This mix included oats and crimson clover and radishes. Cover Crops will be the main topic of discussion on September...
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