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Month: August, 2023

Managing Cover Crops in Moisture Deficits

Saturday, August 19, 2023

Seeding cover crops after wheat harvest in moisture-deficient years is likely to reduce yields of the following cash crop.

Recent research at Dakota Lakes Research Farm shows that seeding cover crops after wheat harvest in moisture-deficient years is likely to reduce yields of the following cash crop.
Categories: News, Research

Field Day: Hailstorm damage leads to experiments with cover crops, grazing

Sunday, August 6, 2023

Dr. Cody Zilverberg (right) and Dan Forgey (center) listen in as Brett Huber (right) explains how he seeded a cover crop after a hailstorm in 2022, grazed the cover crop and then planted corn this year.

At the Dakota Lakes field day on Thursday, July 6, 2023, Hoven, S.D., Dakota Lakes board member Brett Huber talked about a July 7, 2022, storm that completely took out a 200-acre field of sunflowers. Faced with the prospect of a bare field for the remainder of the season, Huber, who farms in partner....
Categories: News