What to considerWeed suppression after small grain harvest: Plant cover crops within two days of small grain harvest. If planting early in the season, Barsness suggested planting warm season cover crop species like sorghum Sudan grass. “Cover crops allow us to rest our pastures and put our cattle to work spreading their manure for us.”What to considerPlanting into prevent plant acres: Due to increased spring moisture, Carlson has been planting full season cover crops on prevent plant acres. “Ideally, we are able to graze the full season cover crop twice.”A full season cover crop contains a diverse mixture of warm and cool season grasses, small grains and brassicas. He added that seed companies selling legume cover crops, like clovers, sun hemp, cow peas and vetches, will also have inoculants available.

Source: Ethiopian News October 01, 2020 17:37 UTC