Back in February, No-Till Farmer surveyed its readers on how they’re using cover-crop mixes to perform a variety of functions on their farms, whether it’s yield enhancement, weed suppression, erosion mitigation, building soil tilth or other benefits.

More than 100 growers responded and we printed some of the best responses in the May 2016 edition of Conservation Tillage Guide. But we didn’t have room to print them all.

So below you’ll find tips and information from another 21 no-tillers who are making cover-crop mixes work on their farm operations.

‘A Huge Shock’

In 2014 I used a mix of radish and oats after my sweet corn, mainly to keep cover on the ground to reduce wind erosion. It drives me nuts seeing brown snow in the ditches after a snowstorm.

They did the job of keeping the soil in place. The added benefit was some of the best planting conditions we’ve had last year. The ground was much more mellow than any of our other ground.

We did make a pass with our Krause Excelerator tool to incorporate our 28% and chemicals. Then we planted. The corn looked beautiful all year.

We did sidedress an additional…