On September 9, this farmer seeded cereal rye and radish into standing corn. The seeding rate was 48 pounds per acre. Part of the field was harvested before October 16th, and then the rest of it was harvested on October 23rd.
Read MoreVideo: Wheat & Radish Mix to Make Haylage
The farmer is mixing in 2 pounds of radish with his wheat in order to scavenge leftover nitrogen from the manure. If everything works out as planned, there should be a radish seed every 8-10 inches.
Read MoreVideo: Results of Seeding Cover Crops into Seed Corn
This is a video shot by Dan Perkins of the Jasper County, Indiana SWCD on October 3, 2013. Featured in this video is a mix of oats and radish that were seeded with a high clearance seeder in late August. Although there was very little rain in August, the 46 pounds of oats and 3 pounds of radish per acre look pretty good.
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Video: High Clearance Cover Crop Seeding
Dan Perkins, Jasper County (Indiana) SWCD, put together a series of videos demonstrating the use of a high clearance sprayer to apply cover crops. You can watch those videos below. The last video is a Power Point presentation where Dan answers several questions he's been getting on the topic:
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