Tips for successful cover cropping

Amy Hadachek
Jan 16, 2020
Jan 16, 2020 Updated Jun 25, 2020

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Keith Berns stands in his 5-foot-tall triticale seed production field that is three weeks away from harvest. Triticale is a cross between wheat and rye and is a popular cover and forage crop because of its aggressive growth and high quality forage characteristics.

Submitted photo by Rachel Gnagy

Mowed trail with electric fence portioned off into paddocks in a multi-species grazing cover crop mix located in Jewell County, Kansas 2019. Submitted photo by Pat Baxa

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Amy Hadachek

Cover crops are flourishing, with seed mixes becoming more specialized depending on farmers’ specific needs.

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