With the popular weed killer in legal straits in the U.S., no-tillers say they’d turn to other chemicals, rollers or other options. But most won’t give up on cover crops.
Glyphosate has been invaluable to no-tillers in North America and overseas as an inexpensive, effective tool for not only killing weeds but also terminating cover crops ahead of or after planting.
Mark and Phyllis Legan have improved both soil health and crop yields with a highly managed nutrient program and a 100% commitment to no-till practices.
Mark Legan and his family share the tenets of their no-till program and how tile, manure applications and cover crops have ramped up their soil health.
Garret Montgomery of the University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture evaluates the effectiveness of a roller crimper as a cover crop termination tool before planting corn and soybeans.
With cold spring conditions this year, cover crop plant growth has been delayed and questions have come up as to whether that should affect timing of cover crop termination. Nebraska Extension shares some tips on this issue.
Cover crop species and stage, weather, weeds and the following cash crop are all important factors to consider when terminating cover crops with herbicides.
While choosing the right cover crop, or mix of covers, for a farm can be a challenge, there’s also an art to terminating covers that don’t winterkill with the right products at the right time.
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Capturing sunlight and keeping living roots in the ground as long as possible is the goal of Beaver Dam, Ws., no-tiller Marty Weiss. The co-chair of the Dodge County Farmers for Healthy Soil & Healthy Water talks about strip-cropping and interseeding cover crops at a field day in the summer of 2020.
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