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.
Source: Mahdi Al-Kaisi, Department of Agronomy-Iowa State University
Mahdi Al-Kaisi, Department of Agronomy at Iowa State University, penned this article to help farmers understand the concept of strip-till and how it works.
Source: Mike Petersen, Orthman Lead Agronomist, Orthman Manufacturing
From the standpoint of economics it befuddles me why growers would not desire to give their corn crop the best opportunity to come out of the ground like a roaring lion.
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