Learn effective strategies for repairing drought-damaged pastures including fall planting of cereal rye, mulching, and spring ...

Cereal rye grain possesses many uses within crop and livestock production. Growers make rye part of their corn-soybean crop rotation to boost yields, while ranchers needing an alternative feed might ...

Early research shows winter barley's allelopathic compounds are more effective than cereal rye at slowing growth of waterhemp ...

Cereal rye as a cover crop may reduce waterhemp populations without yield loss in soybean, according to a three-year study at the University of Missouri. MU Extension weed specialist Mandy Bish and a ...

After a winter full of great discussions, it's clear there are a lot of farmers with cereal in their fields who will be managing that cover crop this spring. So, here are a few pointers to make sure ...

Rye has played an important role throughout history, Laura Valli says . “Humans never deliberately chose to cultivate it, but it first occurred in fields of wheat and barley in what’s contemporary ...

FOX LAKE — The Fox Lake Inland Lake Protection and Rehabilitation District, in partnership with the Dodge County Healthy Soils/Healthy Waters initiative, will distribute free cereal rye seed to ...

After small grains, we typically try to get our cover crop mixes seeded by August 15. That date has blown by us and it is now mid-September with some wheat still being harvested. This late harvest has ...

FOX LAKE — The Fox Lake Preservation Organization has provided more than 12,000 pounds of free cereal rye seed to the Schultz (TriFecta) Farm, Dale Paul Farm and the Hoekstra Farm in Fox Lake to plant ...

When Don Morse began growing cover crops, one of his main goals was to tackle the growing populations of marestail (horseweed) and waterhemp that defied traditional control measures. “I can give you a ...

This page provides overviews of several important aspects of organic agriculture production such as roller crimping, weed control, and disease management. These sections can be navigated using the ...