Research was conducted this past year at the Marshfield Research Station evaluating a production system that involves fall planting triticale as a cover crop and spring harvesting the triticale as forage followed by no-till planted soybeans.

Take-homes after year one of project:

• Triticale can be successfully planted late into fall
• Triticale can have very good forage quality
• Cutting as a control measure for cover crops provides effective control while avoiding an additional herbicide application
• There was no yield penalty for soybeans following triticale as compared to those following no cover crop – even with a shorter maturity
• Triticale forage adds value to the entire system