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Annual Cover Crops, Forages Prove Beneficial in Challenging Planting Season

June 16, 2022 | Posted in Seeding Practices, Soil Health

Source: South Dakota State Extension

Annual forages or early summer cover crops can be a helpful alternative in late planting situations and often work well within the crop insurance system. There is no ‘hard and fast’ blanketed mix or species that can be recommended to all producers, as each grower is in a unique circumstance with a different production environment and goals, soil types and management techniques.

Cold Doesn't Always Kill Covers Over the Winter

December 28, 2020 | Posted in Grazing

Source: Hay & Forage Grower

By definition, cover crops are planted to protect the soil and contribute to improved soil health. However, often these annual forages are also grazed or harvested as livestock feed in the spring or early summer in an effort to make them more cost effective. Read more in this story from Hay & Forage Grower.

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