Jeff Gaska aims to get his cattle out in the field 2 out of every
3 years with his crop rotation of corn, soybeans and winter wheat. Photo by: Jeff Gaska
Jeff Gaska’s first time experimenting with cover crops came when he decided to frost seed clover into winter wheat. 20 years later, he’s still doing it. Plus, he has played around with a few other cover crop species and strategies as well
Gaska farms about 450 acres just outside of Beaver Dam, Wis. He also has about 35 beef cow/calf pairs on his farm and he keeps the cattle and the cover crops intertwined with…
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Last week we had boots on the ground at the Big Soil Health Event in Cedar Falls, Iowa where agronomist David Kleinschmidt emphasized the importance of considering Carbon to Nitrogen ratios of cover crops and residues.
