My first attempt at relay cropping! Wheat yield probably won’t be much but the soybeans do not look very far behind the non relay soybeans at this point. Hoping to have the right weather to get these off in a few weeks
Got to see some of our growers south of Fort Dodge last week trying new practices to help fight waterhemp. Rain this week was greatly needed for many of these fields!
Soil ball on the left was in the spring strip till portion of the field while the soil ball on the right is from the no till portion of the field. Strip till soil is almost ready to plant while the no-till soil still needs some time to get fit. #plantingconditions#NEIA
New Challenges!
My wife and I recently started taking care of a plot at our local garden. Looking forward to incorporating cover crops in the future.
Tips and hints appreciated!
@gavin_spoor This was 50 lbs of Winter Cereal Rye with a drone in early RM corn chopped for Earlage in the first pic and soybeans in the second pic. Sunlight, rainfall, and no till ground r key for success. We tried a mix and it had less growth/establishment than just straight rye.
@PetersenFarms@VanceCrowe Soil and Water Outcomes Fund would pay for decreased Nitrogen. They pay based on reduction of Nitrogen. Not sure if your watershed would qualify in their program but I have worked in watersheds that farmers do qualify for reducing N.