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Can Cover Crops Lower Your Herbicide Costs in Corn?

December 14, 2022 | Posted in Soil Health, Economics

Cover crops have many benefits, including suppressing weed emergence and growth. Planting soybeans in a standing cover crop and then terminating the cover crop stymies weeds without harming yield. Corn, however, is a bit trickier. Competition from the cover crop can reduce corn yield. In addition, failure to kill the cover crop in a timely manner and improper nitrogen management will result in fewer bushels.

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Ray McCormick’s Conservation Buffer

Earlier this week we paid another visit to this year’s Conservation Ag Operator Fellow, Ray McCormick in Vincennes, Ind., and one thing about Ray is that even when it’s the “off season,” he’s still thinking ahead for next season.

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