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Photos of the Week: WIU Organic Research Farm

Noah Newman
August 8, 2024

And let’s wrap things up with our Photos of the Week, coming to us this week from the Allison Organic Research and Demonstration Farm at Western Illinois University. 

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Lots of interesting stuff going on out there. This first one is Turkish okra. The middle zone was no-tilled into rolled peas.

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They had a bad storm July 15, as you can see from this row of Wacther’s True Gold corn bent over just a few days later.

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Here’s a look at medium red clover, sweet clover and Italian ryegrass established by frost seeding into SRW wheat. 

And here’s a photo from Sumo oats harvest on July 19. The oats were drilled March 2 and then frost seeded the following day with red clover at a rate of 10 pounds per acre using a Herd broadcast seeder.

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Noah Newman

Noah Newman started at Lessiter Media in March 2022 as Associate Editor for No-Till Farmer, Strip-Till Farmer and Cover Crop Strategies. He previously worked in broadcast journalism as a sports anchor/reporter for television stations in central Illinois and most recently Jackson, Mississippi, where he was named the state’s sportscaster of the year by the National Sports Media Association. The Cleveland, Ohio, native enjoys engaging with growers, learning extensively about their operations, and sharing impactful stories with the audience.

Contact: nnewman@lessitermedia.com