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How will you seed cover crops this year?

2016-07-08 22:33:29| Corn & Soybean Digest

If you're planning to seed cover crops this year, now is the time to prep for that. We'd like to know if you will be planting cover crops this year, and if you are, how are you seeding them? Will you interseed? Will you drill after harvest? Take our latest poll and let us know! Also, feel free to leave a comment with your cover crop plan, along with your county/state. Yes, I will plant cover crops, and I'll interseed them during the growing season. Yes, I will plant cover crops, but not until after harvest this fall. Yes, I will plant cover crops, using a combination of interseeding and post-harvest planting. I will NOT plant cover crops in 2016. Go to result page on submit: 0

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What are the costs, benefits of planting cover crops?

2016-07-08 19:33:00| Corn & Soybean Digest

Source: University of Illinois The costs associated with a cover crop will depend on many factors including the previous crop, next crop, tillage system, pesticide practices, cover crop species planted and cover crop planting method. Regardless of the specific production choices, most of the costs associated with the cover crop will be in its establishment, which includes planting and seed costs. read more

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