Cover Crops

In Eastern Pennsylvania, these growers are using a mix of LowBoy annual ryegrass with crimson clover, planted after corn silage, as a cover crop.

This video shows the growth of the corn, four weeks after planting and about twenty-six days after the LowBoy annual ryegrass and crimson clover were terminated.

In Eastern Pennsylvania, these growers are no-till planting corn into a mix of LowBoy annual ryegrass and crimson clover.

Watch this video together with the Ohio State April 2018 video and take note a couple of key observations: some cover crop species are still waking up and there are marked differences in weed control.

Walk through one rep of The Ohio State University’s 2020 fall planted cover crop trial in early December and early March.

Watch this video together with the Ohio State May 2018 video and take note a couple of key observations: some cover crop species are still waking up and there are marked differences in weed control.

Watch this video in tandem with the Ohio State videos of April and May 2018, one can clearly appreciate that location makes a difference. Winter active varieties and species thrive in South Carolina.

This video shows the difference between planting green into LowBoy ryegrass versus Marshall ryegrass.

In Luling, TX, we observed these plots in late January after 90 days of growth and 15 inches of unusual rain. This rainfall challenged some species and benefited others. Part 1 covers ryegrass, while Parts 2 & 3 feature clover, hairy vetch, and peas.

This is the spring walkthrough of one rep of the Ohio State University’s 2020 fall planted cover crop trial.

Walk through one rep of the Ohio State University’s 2020 fall planted cover crop trial in early December before winter’s cold sets in.

In Luling, TX, we observed these plots in late January after 90 days of growth and 15 inches of unusual rain. This rainfall challenged some species and benefited others. Part 1 covers ryegrass, while Parts 2 & 3 feature clover, hairy vetch, and peas.