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Thumb of Michigan | I've been raising a variety that I think is much better (for a cover) than some other varities I've tried. I have customers who agree, some have bought from me for a lot of years now. I've always tried to encourage them to produce their own rather than buy it from me or anyone else for that matter, but to date they'd rather buy it. I'm out of the rye business after this year, so some in fact did buy some rye for seed production from me this summer.
As far as values go, its a what the market will bear deal I suppose. Rye used to be plentiful in my area. very hard to source now. Much of what comes into this area is from Canada, and thats even a hit or miss deal availability wise.
Our wheat yields here run from 80-110 bpa. A 40 bpa rye crop doesn't compete at all with wheat @ $3.50 rye.
Edited by pat-michigan 9/4/2009 08:57
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Wheat vs. Winter Rye as Cover Crops
