"Lazy farmer" Mark Legvold, Northfield, MN, discusses how he interseeded cover crops into corn when the corn was about 1 foot tall. Legvold does two things at once by broadcasting cover crop seed using salt spreaders while also applying nitrogen.
Breaking Down the Benefits of Seeding Cover Crops in Early Spring
Frost seeding legumes and spring cereals can work very well according to University of Missouri agronomist Rob Myers. And as Rob tells us here in the Cover Crop Connection, if you want to wait a little bit longer and plant your covers in April, that’s perfectly fine, too.
