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https://photos.app.goo.gl/X3cGTgSDpFIixifA2
Descriptions of all the pics follow. A few pics should be attached.
pic 1 = 10' strip of cover crop mix along edge of soybean field
pic 2 = close up of CC mix, visible species include buckwheat, t-raptor hybrid brassica, Nitro radish, phacelia, soybean, safflower, cowpea, chia.
pic 3 = blooming sunn hemp behind cc mix (cowpea, mustard, safflower, buckwheat, japanese millet)
pic 4 = sunn hemp flowers
pic 5 = honey bee on mustard flower
pic 6 = honey bee on borage flower in an oilseed borage test plot
pic 7 = US-1136 cowpea flower
pic 8 = US-1136 cowpea flower with sweat bee
pic 9 = safflower flower
pic 10 = volunteer oats and peas
pic 11-13 = sunn hemp (tall) and sesbania (short)
pic 14 = BRH 39C4 soybean vs. Iron Clay cowpea, cowpea grew much faster initially but soybean has just about caught up
pic 15-18 = corn hybrid comparison with cc strip (cowpea, safflower, mustard, japanese millet, buckwheat)
pic 19-21 = soybean variety trial, 1 row plots
pic 22 = cc strip and corn w/ and w/o interseeded cowpea
pic 23-25 = corn w/ interseeded cowpea
pic 26 = cow w/o interseeded cowpea
pic 27-29 = black oilseed sunflowers
pic 30 = NT soybeans on 30" rows on right
pic 31-32 = NT corn w/ volunteer oats and other CCs
pic 33-34 = CC mix on left (sunflowers, cowpeas, soybeans, yellow peas, oats, t-raptor hybrid brassica, Nitro radish, sesbania, chia)
pic 35 = purple and gold popcorn, very long ear of blue flour corn, large ear of Master Choice hybrid
pic 36 = large Master Choice hybrid ear w/ > 800 kernels
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Joel
WIU Agriculture
Edited by jbgruver 9/23/2017 19:36
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(NTsoybeans.JPG)
(Blackoilseedsunflower.JPG)
(SoyVarietyTrial.JPG)
(interseededcowpeas.JPG)
Attachments ---------------- NTcorn.JPG (165KB - 57 downloads) NTsoybeans.JPG (157KB - 73 downloads) Blackoilseedsunflower.JPG (144KB - 63 downloads) SoyVarietyTrial.JPG (134KB - 63 downloads) interseededcowpeas.JPG (133KB - 64 downloads)
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