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Considerations When Formulating Cover Crop Mixes

September 18, 2017 | Posted in Cover Crops

Source: La Crosse Seed

Growth in the use of cover crops creates opportunities to examine seed blends for fall planting.

Interseeding Tools Get Cover Crops Off to Faster Start

No-tillers can avoid the mad rush to get cover crops seeded after harvest by planting them into standing cash crops.

By Laura Barrera posted on July 30, 2016 | Posted in Cover Crops

One of the most common challenges no-tillers encounter with cover crops is at the very start — getting them seeded. Interseeding — the practice of seeding covers with a drill, spinner spreader, toolbar or sprayer into an established and growing cash crop — may provide a solution.

Scenarios For Planting Wheat Into Dry Soils

September 10, 2013 | Posted in Seeding & Planting

Source: By Jim Shroyer, Kansas State University

Soils remain very dry in many parts of western Kansas and in other regions in the Plains states.

Cover Crops Can Recover Flooded Fields

February 6, 2012 | Posted in Cover Crops, Water Management

Source: By Paul Jasa, University of Nebraska

Producers should make field repairs as needed and seed a cover crop to help protect the soil and start rebuilding soil life before the 2012 cropping season.

Undercover With Cover Crops

Cover crops work from top to root tip to bring physical, chemical and biological benefits to a productive no-till system.

By Martha Ostendorf posted on August 1, 2009 | Posted in Cover Crops

When left to her own devices, Mother Nature makes sure there is something living and growing in the soil at all times.

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