As a challenging row crop planting season wraps up for 2019 in South Dakota, many producers are looking to plant cover crops on unplanted acres to provide forage, control weeds, reduce erosion and improve soil health.
What are the rules for buying oat seed for cover crops?
Oats used to be grown throughout the Upper Midwest. Some members of the Practical Farmers of Iowa and others would like to see an acreage resurgence and are running oat-variety trials to fill an oat knowledge gap.
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