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Cover crops release more nutrients than they accumulate
2014-11-17 23:03:00| Corn & Soybean Digest
Joel Gruver, Western Illinois University agronomist, planted specific cover crops in a band, then after their demise he pulled soil samples in the cover crop row and compared them to samples taken 15 inches off the row. There were substantial differences in soil-test levels of P and Kcomparable to a nutrient-banding effect from a commercial fertilizer (banding) applicator, Gruver says. Bottom Line read more
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Cover crops make corn stover more sustainable, profitable
2014-08-05 21:24:00| Corn & Soybean Digest
Source: Purdue University Farmers using cover crops as a soil conservation method can remove much more corn stover per acre for biofuels or other uses and at the same time potentially increase their income, Purdue University research shows. read more
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Landlords seek cover crops?
2014-07-30 22:35:00| Corn & Soybean Digest
Signs point to conservation and soil health becoming the next wave of landlord desires. In a 2010 survey, we asked landlords to rate the importance of characteristics they consider when evaluating tenant performance, says J. Gordon Arbuckle Jr., a sociologist at Iowa State University. More than 90% of landlords ranked ability to maintain soil productivity and ability to avoid soil erosion as important or very important." read more
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Cover crops do not rob from corn and soybean yields
2014-05-29 22:43:00| Corn & Soybean Digest
Rick Juchems, Plainfield, Iowa, is surprised that cereal-rye cover crops did not reduce his corn or soybean yields. He and 11 other Iowa farmers participated in a five-year trial to determine whether rye causes yield hits in the cash crops that follow it. It doesnt. Bottom Line read more
Late fall cover crops
2014-02-25 21:44:00| Corn & Soybean Digest
No-till farmer Dan Ley, Richmond, Minn., has planted 100 - 200 acres of cover crops for the past four years. Ley plants cereal rye, as well as a mix of oats, forage peas and hairy vetch in the fall.