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[Podcast] Roller Crimping Learning Curves

This week’s podcast, sponsored by Yetter Equipment, features John Macauley, a grower from Groveland, N.Y. Macauley will be a speaker at the upcoming Spring 2021 National Cover Crop Summit. Macauley shares a sneak peek of his presentation, discussing roller crimping on his 100% no-till operation, using multi-species cover crops to increase biomass, and why each cover crop species is part of their 11-way cover crop mix.
March 9, 2021 | Posted in Termination
This week’s podcast, sponsored by Yetter Equipment, features John Macauley, a grower from Groveland, N.Y. Macauley will be a speaker at the upcoming Spring 2021 National Cover Crop Summit. Macauley shares a sneak peek of his presentation, discussing roller crimping on his 100% no-till operation, using multi-species cover crops to increase biomass, and why each cover crop species is part of their 11-way cover crop mix.
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Rolling Covers

February 11, 2021 | Posted in Termination
Source: Ohio's Country Journal
The use of a roller crimper to terminate cover crops in the spring is gaining popularity. Many farmers often ask if the blades on a crimper should touch the ground, or how much clearance should be allowed. Read more in this article from Ohio's Country Journal.
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Scout the Field Before Cover Crop Termination

February 8, 2021 | Posted in Termination
Source: Aberdeen News
Although wheat stem maggot has been a concern for some Nebraska farmers who plant corn directly into a growing cover crop, entomologists at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln want farmers to scout their fields before adding an insecticide to the herbicide during cover crop termination. Read more in this article from the Aberdeen News.
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Cover Crops Can Help with Weeds in Vegetable Crops

December 11, 2020 | Posted in Termination
Source: Herald-Whig
Most vegetable legume growers have yet to adopt cover crops due to the potential for reduced germination and yield in thick residue. But a new study from the University of Illinois and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service shows early-terminated rye could be a promising part of an integrated weed management program for some vegetable legumes, including edamame. Read more in this article from the Herald-Whig (Quincy, IL).
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Cover Crop Solves Weed Problems

November 20, 2020 | Posted in Termination
Source: University of Illinois
For vegetable growers, weeds can mean lost income from reduced yield and foreign plant matter contaminating the harvest. But for many crops, particularly vegetable legumes, weed management options are very limited. Read more in this press release from the University of Illinois.
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University of Georgia Researching Cover Crops

August 12, 2020 | Posted in Termination
Source: Southeast Ag Net
University of Georgia researchers are working on natural solutions to weed problems in row crops as government regulations of chemical herbicides grow stricter. Earlier in June, the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals pulled registrations for the use of all dicamba products for row-crop production. Read more in this article from Southeast AgNet.
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[Video] Cover Crops That are Ideal for Winter

July 22, 2020 | Posted in Termination
Overwintering cover crops can be planted in early to mid-fall and can provide soil cover, nitrogen production, and weed suppression. Find out more in this video from University of Arkansas Extension about what cover crop species are best for overwintering, which species produce large quantities of biomass, how to ensure cover crops enable good nitrogen fixation, and more.
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[Video] Optimizing Corn Yields After Cereal Rye

July 17, 2020 | Posted in Termination
Alison Robertson, Professor and Extension Field Crops Pathologist with Iowa State University discusses why cereal rye is a vector for diseases in corn, why timing of planting corn after cereal rye is very important, how pythium impacts corn yields, and more.
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