Cover Crops and Weed Control in the Southeast: A Battle for Resources February 13, 2024 Grow IWM You can’t keep a Southern weed down for long. That’s the takeaway from a recently published meta-analysis of cover... Read More
Cover Crops for Weed Control: The Keys for Success January 23, 2024 Grow IWM Just like any other crop, winter weeds can outcompete a cover crop if that cover crop has poor germination or establishment. So... Read More
The Hunt to Make Cereal Rye More Competitive Above & Below Ground January 16, 2024 Grow IWM There are a lot of ways to keep a weed seed down with cover crops. Above ground, you can rob them of the light, temperatures,... Read More
Should You Adjust Cover Crop Seeding Rates as Planting Dates Change? August 22, 2023 Grow IWM Cover crop seeding is often the last box to check in the fall for farmers, and planting windows don’t always cooperate. ... Read More
Farmer Case Study: Using Wheat as a Cover Crop & Managing Nitrogen Tie-Up June 20, 2023 Grow IWM “We are in Palmer amaranth country down here,” as Cumberland, Virginia farmer Anthony Beery puts it. Beery, who grows row... Read More
How Does Planting Green Affect Herbicide Use, Soil Moisture & More? June 8, 2023 Grow IWM The practice of planting green into a living cover crop stand can be a great tool for suppressing weeds, but it comes with a lot... Read More
How to Sample Cover Crop Biomass April 21, 2023 Grow IWM What are you getting out of your cover crop? Knowing how much of each cover crop species is growing in your field is the first... Read More
Planting Green: Do Higher Cover Crop Seeding Rates Improve Weed Suppression? April 11, 2023 Grow IWM The idea that increasing cover crop seeding rates will increase the cover crop’s biomass and weed suppressive benefits is a... Read More
Four Takeaways on Cover Crops and Weed Control from WSSA February 7, 2023 Grow IWM Using cover crops for weed suppression can be complicated, so it’s little surprise that the past decade’s worth of research... Read More