Researchers across the country are working to develop cover crop varieties that better suit regional environments. University ...

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Here’s the top six cover crops Midwest cattle farmers are using to stretch fall and winter grazing. Cereal rye is one of the top cover crops used in the U.S. for both agronomic and grazing. It is ...

2023a, 2023b; Price and Norsworthy, 2013; Price et al., 2021), specifically cereal rye (Secale cereale L.) (Kumari et al., 2024a, 2024b). Additionally, cover crops provide soil health benefits such as ...

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Cereal Rye for Cover Cropping in Organic Farming (from “Managing Cover Crops Profitably”) - Rye is the best cool-season cereal cover for absorbing unused soil N. It has no taproot, but rye’s ...

Other effective non-chemical weed control tactics include implementing a cereal rye cover crop and narrow-row soybean production systems, he adds. "These practices have shown to be effective in ...

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