East Central Ia | doathlon - 10/26/2024 06:15
Corn is a grass. Therefore grass covers before corn are yield losers. You wouldn't plant corn into a pasture. Rye before soybeans is fine if its terminated early
We are successfully doing it year in and year out. But we do get burnt every now and again and every time we do it’s n deficiency from the rye getting too big.
There needs better study of the nutrient tie up and recycling timeline from cover crops. We are convinced it does NOT give nutrients back nearly as quickly as most think.
But we have never been hurt by ankle to shin high rye.
And rye does not need to be terminated early ahead of beans. We have planted many an acre of beans into green rye with excellent yields.
That being said, we are experimenting with some winter wheat and winter wheat/rye mixed this fall. |
Corn After Cereal Rye - This Year's Experience
