I am often asked this question: "Is using only cereal rye as a cover crop enough or do I need more diversity?" My answer is, "It depends on what you are trying to do with that cover crop." One goal of ...
AgWeb: Flip Your Soil: Planting Soybeans Into a Cover Crop Like Rye
For farmers trying to Flip their Soil and improve soil health one simple thing they can do this fall is plant cereal rye as a cover crop and plant soybeans into that stand. Soil health experts say ...
AG Week: Rye's resurgence as a cover crop driven by weather, desire for soil health and goof-proof planting
Rye's resurgence as a cover crop driven by weather, desire for soil health and goof-proof planting
Cereal rye as a cover crop may reduce waterhemp populations without yield loss in soybean, according to a three-year study at the University of Missouri. MU Extension weed specialist Mandy Bish and a ...
Detroit News: A cover crop of winter rye will improve garden soil
No-till planting of sweet corn into a killed winter rye cover crop has the potential to provide soil health benefits such as reduced compaction, improved soil water holding capacity, reduced ...
The Lima News: Annual ryegrass has potential to go from cover crop to weed
AG Week: New NDSU Extension guide gives tips on growing rye as a cover crop
New NDSU Extension guide gives tips on growing rye as a cover crop
An Iowa farmer checks his cereal rye cover crop. Hawkeye State farmers plant more than 2 million acres of cover crops each year to prevent soil erosion and reduce the loss of nutrients. Editor’s note: ...