Taking the Plunge. In east-central Georgia’s Washington County, just outside Tennile, fourth-generation Hitchcock, 44, grows pivot-irrigated corn, peanuts, and soybeans on roughly 3,000 acres.

Establishment of annual ryegrass cover crop that was drill-interseeded into wide-row (152 cm row spacing) corn at the V3 growth stage. WESTMINSTER, Colorado – 20 March 2024 – Recently ...

KIMBERLY — University of Idaho Extension Educator Steven Hines believes he’s found an effective way for farmers who interplant cover crops between corn rows to significantly boost forage ...

Hoosier farmers planted about 1.6 million acres of overwinter living covers – cover crops and small grains, like wheat – this ...

University of Idaho Extension Educator Steven Hines believes he’s found an effective way for farmers who interplant cover crops between corn rows to significantly boost forage production. Prior ...

I’ve heard numbers like one pound per 10 feet of row. I just make sure it looks like a sleet shower happened for about a minute. You want to see fertilizer, but not so heavy it covers the ground.

The data sets were somewhat different, yet the corn in both experiments experienced shading from 20% to 25% of the time. “You’d think there would be a 20% to 25% loss. We’re seeing about 8% loss,” ...

Row covers come in light, medium and heavy weights, all allowing different levels of light through, and providing more frost protection the heavier the covers are.

Row cover cloth is intended to prevent damage from light frosts, with up to 4 degrees of temperature protection past freezing. Courtesy Johnson County Extension With cooler weather looming and ...

Row covers are made of lightweight fabrics available in a variety of cold-protection strengths. Double or even triple layering may be needed in some areas for continual winter harvest.