The first year of Jim Stute’s research shows that when cereal rye is terminated 7-14 days after soybean emergence, weed suppression increases 5.3% per day during that time period. Yield, meanwhile, declined about 0.54 bushels, or 1.1%, per acre per day as termination was delayed. Jim Stute
74% of the farmers who responded to the 2024 Cover Crops Operational Practices Survey say cover crops provide at least some level of weed suppression in their fields
Worldwide, weeds have evolved resistance to 21 of the 31 known herbicide modes of action and to 168 different herbicides, according to the International Herbicide-Resistant Weed Database. With herbicides becoming less effective, farmers are going to have to get more creative with weed control.
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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.
