Machine Seeds Cover Crops, Injects Hog Manure in One Pass

Blain, Pa., no-tiller Virgil Gutshall Sr. says the rigged-up tanker puts manure nutrients in the root zone in an environmentally responsible manner

By John Dobberstein posted on March 14, 2016 | Posted in Cover Crops, Equipment, Nutrient Management

A small family-owned hog operation in Pennsylvania is the mastermind behind a rig that sidedresses corn with liquid hog manure and seeds cover crops in one pass — possibly the first machine of its kind in the U.S.

Manure Drag Hose Plot Results

February 16, 2016 | Posted in Equipment, Nutrient Management

Source: Ohio State University Extension

Ohio State University Extension pulled a 6-inch-diamater drag hose across corn plots to determine what stage a manure sidedness application can be made before crop damage hurts corn yield.

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