Wade Dooley 6 th Generation Cover Crops: Additional Forage in Livestock Operations
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Wade Dooley6th Generation
Cover Crops:Additional Forage in Livestock Operations
Home Farm
Hay or graze?
Rye following Corn silage
Winter WheatBroadcast into standing Soybeans
Cutting-edge technology!
Weeds? Nope, Wheat.
Cattle prefer grass over stubble.
Cover crops:Better erosion control than tillage!
Oats & TurnipsLate-summer seeding
Residual Nitrogen scavenged by Oats
Oats & TurnipsSeeded into flooded low-spots in Corn
•Grazed entire month of November•30 ac cover crop, 30 ac cornstalks•80 cows, 30 days no hay
Oats & RadishDrilled Mid-summerfor soil improvement
Oats & RapeBroadcast into standing Soybeans
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