• Agronomy
What are guys doing for cover crops on PP acres?
I’ve considered soybeans, oats, rye ect. Just curious what some others are doing.
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I tried Red Clover. I forgot that it starts REAL SLOW. I had dreams of planting into it next spring no till. However, I may have to destr...
MoreI planted sunflowers mixed with unused treated bean seed. 3 to 1 ratio sunflowers to beans. Doing great and the song birds will be very happ...
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Oats and soybeans used up extra bean 1 bu.oats 1/3 bu. Beans
Cereal rye has worked well for me before beans. I have extra if someone needs some. 785-221-5566
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Oats and soybeans
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Yes, Oats. I like the comments about using up left over soybeans as a cover corp. I have some treated ones that I have heard do not germina...
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Daikon radishes and Austrian winter peas in alternating 15 inch rows. Corn will be planted over the radishes in the spring.
Nitro mix from Agacy seeds. If going to corn in 20
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We just planted soybeans. Had the equipment, familiar with necessary weed control, frost will kill it, free seed due to treated seed that w...
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15# oats, 15# soybeans, 2.5# radishes
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You will have to consider what herbicides you may have applied this spring. May prevent germination of some cover crops.
Also need to consid...
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I’m planting sunflowers then in September I’m getting my wheat started we planted so late don’t think I will have beans out before we can pl...
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I'm planting a seven species mix that we will graze after the cattle come off grass. Should be good for the soil and the cattle. Going to so...
MoreConsider what crop you will be planting next to avoid allelopathy.
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That was one of the biggest things I learned at a recent field day I attended. I have very little experience with cover crops but nobody ha...
MoreI had a drone startup spread a small seeded mix of annual rye, radish, crimson clover, and dwarf essex rape in drown out patches a few weeks...
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Rantizo is the startup that did the seeding. I believe the hopper holds about 30# and we were seeding 10 to 20# per acre. It worked great on...
MoreWhat is this set up even called..the drone and seeder part of the deal... will it hold enough for even an acre?
Here are a couple pictures of the day it was seeded.