Wheat harvest is done, but the field will be harvested again this fall because a crop of soybeans is growing in the stubble.
Jordan Uldrich harvests relay wheat between rows of soybeans. Wheat yields were close to 70 bushels per acre, but soybean yields are expected to be low because they didn’t have much room to grow. This first year of relay cropping was a learning experience, he said.
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Interseeded cover crops grow between rows of corn on the Uldrich farm near Milligan, Neb. Uldrich planted cover crops in late May for weed suppression and soil health. After corn is harvested, his cattle will graze the cover crop.
Jordan Uldrich is a fifth generation on his Fillmore County farm, working with his dad and brother to raise conventional corn, soybeans, milo and rye and a small beef herd. HeC has adopted regenerative practices, including interseeding cover crops and rotational grazing. Jordan is a board member and has one of the demonstration-education sites for the Nebraska Soil Health Coalition.
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