Considerations for new cover rotations

Nov 21, 2023
Nov 21, 2023

Soybeans planted into a cereal rye cover crop — Soybeans were planted into a cereal rye cover crop that was terminated the same day at the Southwest Research and Outreach Center by Lamberton, Minn.
Photo courtesy Liz Stahl/University of Minnesota Extension

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Editor’s note: The following was written by Brooke Sonnek, University of Minnesota Extension ANR intern; Shane Bugeja, Extension educator; and Liz Stahl, crops Extension educator, for the Minnesota Crop News website.

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