In GROW’s first Farmer Forum of the 2023 season, a panel of farmers from Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Virginia shared their expertise and experience with cover crop termination, and strategies for planting green into heavy residue. They were joined by Penn State University Extension weed scientist John Wallace, who shared the latest research on termination methods and their impact on weed control.
You can view the discussion below, using the timestamps as guidance:
00:00:00 – Start
00:00:28 – START
00:03:01 – Panelist Introduction
00:06:37 – Farmers’ Cover Crop Experience
00:13:25 – Cover Crop Termination Strategies in Wisconsin
00:28:34 – Cover Crop Termination Strategies in Pennsylvania
00:38:42 – Cover Crop Termination Strategies in Virginia
00:48:51 – Latest Penn State Research on Cover Crop Termination
00:54:39 – Optimum Cereal Rye Seeding Rates
00:57:28 – Strategies for Planting into Heavy Biomass
01:09:38 – Q&A
You can find more information on our panelists here:
- Jim Stute, East Troy, Wisconsin
- Jim Hershey, Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania
- Clay Lowe, Cedar Point Farm, Virginia
- John Wallace, Penn State Extension Weed Scientist
Visit GROW’s Cover Crop page and Cover Crop Termination page for more information on this topic.
Video editing and photos by Claudio Rubione, GROW; Text by Emily Unglesbee, GROW
