Bret Margraf shares some of the management practices he and his father have implemented on their McCutchenville, Ohio, farm since converting to no-till a decade ago.
Bret Margraf talks about why they added cover crops to their no-till operation several years ago, what they’re currently trying to achieve with them, the benefits they’re seeing and why he feels no-tillers can see a benefit from cover crops after the first year.
Seeing the potential for more than just erosion control, Ohio growers Bret and Gene Margraf overhauled their no-till system by adding wheat and cover crops, variable-rate seeding and fertility and split-nitrogen applications.
Some growers may have chosen to ignore cold, wet weather this spring and plant by the calendar. But McCutchenville, Ohio, no-tiller Bret Margraf wasn’t among them.
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