It's time to think about frost seeding your pastures and alfalfa stands. Frost seeding clover is an excellent way to improve forage quality and yield.
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Rick Clark of Clark Land & Cattle, Williamsport, Indiana, stands in a field with cover crop covers that will be planted with corn or soybeans. Since farming green, Rick has made significant reductions to inputs while seeing an uplift in cash crop yields.
How to cut input costs while improving cash crop yields
A 27.5 percent decrease in synthetic nitrogen, 49.5 percent decrease in farm diesel, 91.8 percent decrease in MAP (monoammonium phosphate) and a 100 percent decrease in both lime and potash applications – these are just a few of the impressive input reductions Clark Land & Cattle have made from 2011 to 2018 – while improving yield averages year on year.
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A cash crop farmer’s advice for a successful cover crop
A 14-year veteran to cover cropping, Dave has many words of wisdom from lessons learned for his fellow producers venturing into cover crops for the first time.
Read MoreUsing Frosty Berseem Clover as a Transition Crop
If you are in a situation where you need to make hay in a transition year, Frosty may be a crop you might consider.
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Grazing Frosty Berseem Clover
Forage agronomist Jeremy Sweeten recently wrote a guest post for Grasslands Oregon recounting his experience grazing Frosty Berseem Clover in Michigan. Click here to read the article.