Iowa farmers who seeded cover crops this fall may have to wait until spring before seeing their fields carpeted in green, as ...

Triticale is a hybrid of wheat and rye, and it combines the best qualities of both to create a resilient and versatile cover crop. This plant is incredibly cold-hardy and can thrive in a wide ...

1. However, aerial and high-clearance seeding works for covers that have a longer establishment window, such as oats, triticale, cereal rye and radishes.” Seed for cover crop species that can be ...

Examples of typical and not-so-common cover crops used in corn and soybean rotations were featured in a recent plot tour on ...

While many farmers are growing cover crops over winter before spring crops, there is also the possibility of establishing a catch crop between harvest and an autumn ...

Farmers and researchers are also evaluating the potential of hybrid rye varieties and triticale varieties in comparison to OP rye cover crop varieties. Cereal Rye Cover Crop Seeding While seeding rate ...

A DJI Agras was used to spread cover crops over standing soybeans. Cover crop mixes varied and were compared against the same mixes drilled after harvest. Several demonstrations are planned across the ...

The Conservation Agriculture in Crop-Livestock Systems (CLCA) project, funded by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), involved National Agricultural Research and Extension ...

Triticale has a spike with one spikelet per node each containing several florets. The stems grow upright, have hollow internodes, and are smooth. Root system is fibrous. Triticale has a spike with one ...

COVER CROP ROI Ferrie’s 10 years of cover crop strip trials usually produced negative ROIs. “Even if we didn’t lose yield, there was no additional yield to offset the cost of the cover crop ...

Planting cover crops in October not only protects your soil from erosion and nutrient loss but also enriches it with organic matter, ensuring a fertile foundation for next spring’s planting.

University of Idaho graduate student Adam Kennedy sees promise in using volunteer wheat as a cover crop to rid sugarbeet ...