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| I took a bunch of photos at the WIU Organic research farm today.
The first photo shows a 10' wide strip of "Bounty" annual ryegrass that was drilled about 2 weeks ago... I also overseeded ryegrass into the adjacent soybeans so it will interesting to observe the stands after the beans come off.
The next photo shows some forage brassicas (Egyptian cabbage, Hunter and Winfred) that were drilled about 2 weeks ago... you can't really distinguish the different brassicas in this photo. None are growing quite as fast as the Tillage radishes in an adjacent field.
The next photo shows our Buffalo cultivator about to form some ridges.
The next photo shows the result of one pass. We decided the soil was still a little moist and will finish up the ridges tomorrow. The ridges will be planted to soybeans in 2010 as part of an experiment comparing organic no-till vs. organic ridge-till.
The last photo shows an ear of our purple and gold popcorn. We've been selling it on campus in 1/2 bags but decide to try some microwave bags this year.
1200 microwave bags will be getting filled this week with the 2008 crop and ~ 4000 more bags will get filled later in the fall with the 2009 crop.
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The weather is looking pretty wild for our Twilight tour on Thursday (10/1) but we'll be out there rain or shine.
here is a link to the press release which includes directions:
http://www.wiu.edu/newsrelease.sphp?release_id=7557
We will have another tour in about 2 weeks.
Joel
WIU Agriculture
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ryegrass, radishes and ridging (pics)
