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Cover Crops

Cover Crops

Cover crops primarily serve to conserve topsoil, prevent erosion, improve soil structure, increase organic matter, and capture and hold nutrients for the following crop. Some legume cover crops have the potential to produce a lot of nitrogen that can significantly reduce your fertilizer bill. Typically the crop following a cover crop is a lot more productive than a crop grown without one.
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  • Crimson Clover

    Crimson clover is an annual clover that can be planted in the spring or fall. Fast, vigorous growth, excellent N source, soil builder, and good for grazing or haying. Crimson clover has the potential to produce from 70 to 150 units of N. Prefers well drained soils. Inoculate crimson clover if it hasn't been grown before. In the fall, seed 6-8 weeks before frost. For spring seedings, plant after all danger of frost is past. Seeding rate is 15-18 lbs/acre drilled or 22-30 lbs/acre broadcast.
    $0.95
    / lb.
    lbs.

  • MO-1 Annual Ryegrass

    MO-1 is a diploid annual ryegrass that was bred at the University of Missouri-Columbia. Selection criteria included cold tolerance and improved forage yield. MO-1 has performed well in forage trials conducted in the Midwest and Southeastern US. MO-1 produces excellent annual forage if sown alone or in combination with fall sown small grains and annual clovers. MO-1 is one of the better varieties for winter-hardiness. Seed at 30-40 lbs for forage, 15-25 lbs for cover crop.
    DLF International Seed - This product is supplied by DLF International Seed, one of the largest grass companies in the world.
    • Good winter-hardiness
    • Rapid establishment
    • Vigorous
    $0.75
    / lb.
    lbs.

  • KB Royal Annual Ryegrass

    KB Royal annual ryegrass is bred to work in the Midwest as an annual winter-hardy cover crop to scavenge Nitrogen and other nutrients while building organic matter and improving soil structure. Deep growing roots break up natural hardpans (fragipans) and manmade plow-pans or compacted layers. With its deep root structure, improvements in corn and soybeans yields are greatly enhanced in dry years. May also be used to control erosion. Volume discounts starting at 4000 lbs. Cover crop seeding rate 15 lbs/acre drilled, 20-25 lbs aerial seeded.
    • Premier cover crop
    • Fast establishing
    • Fine, deep roots
    $0.75
    / lb.
    lbs.

  • Common Medium Red Clover (organic)

    Common Medium Red Clover is a short-lived perennial that is winter hardy. It is best used in a short rotation for forage or as a nitrogen-fixing cover crop. Packaged in 50 lb. bags. Seeding rate 4-15 lbs/acre.
    $182.50
    / bag

  • Mammoth Red Clover (organic)

    Mammoth Red Clover is a "single cut" clover. It is taller and coarser than medium red clover and is about 2 weeks later in maturity. It is primarily used as a green manure crop. Packaged in 50 lb. bags. Seeding rate 5-15 lbs/acre.
    $147.50
    / bag

  • Yellow Blossom Sweet Clover (organic)

    Yellow Blossom Sweet Clover is primarily used as a cover crop as it has deep roots that help break up compaction and build organic matter. Not a good forage crop. Packaged in 50 lb bags. Seeding rate 5-15 lbs/acre.
    $120.00
    / bag

  • Nitrogreen North

    Nitrogen North is a mixture of species designed to offer high Nitrogen production (up to 150 units of N) and a green manure crop. Contains 60% Hairy Vetch, 15% Medium Red Clover, 15% Yellow Blossom Sweet Clover, and 10% Tillage Radishes. Good winter-hardiness. Seed mid-August through early September. Seeding rate 15-20 lbs/acre.
    Byron Seed LLC - This product is supplied by Byron Seeds LLC, a company that specializes in forages.
    • Nitrogen production
    • Green manure crop
    $2.20
    / lb.
    lbs.

  • Nitrogreen South

    Nitrogreen South is a mixture of species designed to maximize nitrogen production and a green manure crop. Seed from mid-August through mid-October for those areas south of Interstate 70. If let to flower the following year, can produce up to 150 units of Nitrogen. Contains 60% Hairy Vetch, 30% Crimson Clover, and 10% Tillage Radishes. Seeding rate 15-25 lbs/acre.
    Byron Seed LLC - This product is supplied by Byron Seeds LLC, a company that specializes in forages.
    • Best used south of I-70
    • Nitrogen builder
    $2.05
    / lb.
    lbs.

  • Soil Builder

    Soil Builder is just as the name implies is a mix designed to build your soils. Contains 40% annual ryegrass, 35% hairy vetch, 20% crimson clover, and 5% tillage radishes. Ryegrass to build humus, scavenge nutrients, and improve soil structure, tillage radish to help loosen and aerate the soil, hairy vetch and crimson clover to fix large amounts of nitrogen under many soil conditions. In MI, WI, MN, seed early to mid September. In southern IN, IL, and OH, seed mid-Aug thru September. Clover and hairy vetch are preinoculated. Seeding rate 15-25 lbs/acre.
    Byron Seed LLC - This product is supplied by Byron Seeds LLC, a company that specializes in forages.
    • Improves organic matter
    • Nitrogen builder
    • Improves soil structure
    $1.50
    / lb.
    lbs.

  • Tillage Radishes

    Tillage radishes are similar to oilseed radishes, but have a larger, deeper penetrating tap root to aid as a biological tool to reduce soil compaction. Tillage radishes are best planted in the fall at least 4-10 weeks before the first killing frost. Tillage radishes germinate rapidly and start covering the ground within few days. While growing, tillage radishes scavenge nutrients such as nitrogen, phosphorous and calcium from deep within the soil profile, making them more readily available for the next crop. Tillage radishes do best with about 60 lbs Nitrogen (residual or applied) at seeding to promote growth. This nitrogen will be retained and released for the next crop. Great for weed suppression on weeds like henbit and chickweed. Five different Universities have verified an increase of 10-20 bushel per acre for corn and 7-9 bushel per acre increase for soybeans. Packaged in 50 lb bags. Seeding rate 8-10 lbs/acre drilled, 12-14 lbs/acre broadcast, 14-16 lbs/acre aerial seeded.
    • Increase water infiltration
    • Break-up compaction
    • Nitrogen scavenger

    Tech Sheets
    Tillage radish brochure
    $3.10
    / lb.
    lbs.

  • Yellow Blossom Sweet Clover

    Yellow Blossom Sweet Clover is primarily used as a cover crop as it has deep roots that help break up compaction and build organic matter. Not a good forage crop. Packaged in 50 lb bags. Seeding rate 5-15 lbs/acre.
    $1.98
    / lb.
    lbs.

  • Hairy Vetch

    Hairy Vetch is a vigorous annual legume primarily used as a nitrogen-fixing cover crop. Hairy vetch is planted in the fall and starts growth before becoming dormant in winter. In the spring, with the longer days, the plants make abundant growth and fix large quantities of nitrogen. Needs to be inoculated before seeding with a pea-vetch type inoculant. Seeding rate 20-30 lbs/acre.
    $1.85
    / lb.
    lbs.

  • Buckwheat

    Buckwheat is a fast growing, short-season cover crop. It provides quick soil cover, weed suppression, and loosens the soil. Buckwheat is a summer annual that reaches maturity in 70-90 days. Performs well in poor soils, scavenges phosphorous, and is a great soil conditioner. Buckwheat prefers light to medium, well drained soils. Buckwheat is not drought tolerant. Plant after all danger of frost. Seeding rate 50-60 lbs/acre.
    $0.95
    / lb.
    lbs.

  • VNS Cereal Rye

    Rye is a very popular cereal grain for cover crops or forage through late fall and early spring. Very aggressive to establish with good winter hardiness. Allelopathy effect from rye suppresses weeds. Cereal rye with its extensive fibrous root system is excellent for mellowing the soil. Rye matures very quickly in the spring. Harvest before "boot stage" for best quality. Yields typically between 1-1/2 to 2 ton DM/acre. 50 lb bags. Seed at 150 lbs/acre.
    • Winter hardy
    • Aggressive
    • Suppresses weeds
    $11.95
    / bag

  • Winter Comfort

    Winter Comfort is a very durable cover crop mixture that is great for suppressing weeds. A mixture that contains approximately 70% VNS cereal rye, 25% Hairy Vetch (pre-inoculated), and 5% Tillage Radishes. 50 lb bag. Seeding rate 60-100 lbs per acre.
    Byron Seed LLC - This product is supplied by Byron Seeds LLC, a company that specializes in forages.
    • Winter Hardy
    • Great for weed suppression
    $42.50
    / bag

  • Mammoth Red Clover

    Mammoth Red Clover is a "single cut" clover. It is taller and coarser than medium red clover and is about 2 weeks later in maturity. It is primarily used as a green manure crop. Packaged in 50 lb. bags. Seeding rate 12-20 lbs/acre.
    • Single cut
    • Green manure crop
    $2.05
    / lb.
    lbs.
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