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Manure Slurry Seeding of Cover Crops

Published on June 25, 2015March 17, 2016 by liz.bosak

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Michigan State University and Purdue University have a great web page on manure slurry seeding with fact sheets and videos.

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Planning for cover crops after winter wheat

Wisconsin’s short summers provide relatively fewer opportunities to plant cover crops after a cash crop. However, Wisconsin farmers have a relatively large window to plant cover crops after harvesting winter wheat. University of Wisconsin Extension has several resources to consult before planting a cover crop including: Cover crops following winter wheat or corn silage video Fitting cover crops into your system video For next spring, “Frost seeding red clover into winter wheat̶

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Avoid clover competition when frost seeding medium red clover into winter wheat

One cover cropping practice used by winter wheat growers involves frost seeding medium red clover seed into the wheat during freeze-thaw periods, usually in March or early April.  The clover seed is broadcast over the fall-planted wheat, allowing the seed to fall into cracks and crevices on the soil surface.  Freezing and thawing at the soil surface helps achieve adequate soil to seed contact for eventual germination and emergence of the clover during spring warm-up.  Typically, the establish

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