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Avoiding Corn Yield Reductions From A Cereal Rye Cover Crop

April 28, 2014 | Posted in Cover Crops
Source: Bob Hartzler, Department of Agronomy, Iowa State University
Planting cereal rye as a cover crop provides numerous short- and long-term agronomic and environmental benefits. Although inconsistent, under certain situations the yield of corn planted into the residue of a rye cover crop may be reduced.
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Developing A Successful Strip-Till Operation

April 9, 2014 | Posted in Cover Crops
LaPorte City, Iowa, farmer Dean Fehl shares his 'keep it simple' strategy for developing a successful strip-till operation, which has contributed to a double-digit increase in corn yield and helped solve some of the challenges he faced no-tilling corn into soybean stubble.
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Ryegrass Burndown Options Before Corn Planting

March 27, 2014 | Posted in Cover Crops
Source: Larry Steckel, Extension Weed Specialist-University of Tennessee
What are some good options to control ryegrass with a short turnaround to plant back to corn? When addressing this question we have to realize that some of this ryegrass is likely glyphosate-resistant (GR). Though we do not have it officially confirmed at this point, I am confident from the last couple years' field observations that Tennessee does have a few fields with glyphosate-resistant ryegrass.
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