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Cover Crops for Managing Soil Health Constraints Dan Towery W. Lafayette, Indiana

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Cover Crops for Managing Soil Health Constraints

Dan Towery W. Lafayette, Indiana

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Issues

• Timing of Planting Covers

• Precision Planting

• Increasing Diversity

• Adding manure

• Neonicks seed treatment– unintended consequences

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Air seeder with 2 tanks

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Precision planting -15” row planter

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Bio Strip Till

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Planting

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Strip till into covers

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High Clearance Seeder

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High Clearance Seeder-90’ boom

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Seeded 8/23 Corn Harvested 9/21 Annual Ryegrass, Crimson Clover & Radishes

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Seeding While Combining

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Aerial Seeding Annual Ryegrass

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Air seeder on combine

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OATS & PEASSPRING PLANTED/SUMMER GRAZING

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Terry Taylor’s

continuous NT corn

w/ hairy vetch system

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Penn State Interseeder

Ag Conservation Solutions

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Interseeding at V5

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Interseeding Results

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Oil Seed Radish

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Thank you

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