Cash Crop Fertilizer Grain 
Agritecture Blog
MARCH 3, 2023
But there was one crop that suffered less. “It It doesn’t take a whole lot of rain to make a good yield for the sorghum crop,” said Rendel, who plants about 1,000 acres of grain sorghum each year on his 5,000-acre farm. While he did lose some of his grain sorghum, or milo, to the drought, the loss was minimal compared to corn.
UnderstandingAg
OCTOBER 29, 2023
Identifying Opportunities and Planning Successful cover cropping starts with a strong crop plan and requires additional planning around cash-crop termination and no-till seeding methods. Flail mow and direct seed with a grain drill – This is the best method in a larger-scale commercial garden (1+ acre).
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UnderstandingAg
JULY 31, 2023
For example, if a fall-winter cash crop was turned over and immediately planted to a spring crop, the summer-winter mix is a good follow up to provide an extended period of rest through the winter. You can also inter-seed winter species to a summer cash crop. However, cold hardy cereal grains (i.e.,
The Equation
JUNE 5, 2023
A fertile land can be a fertile civilization The swath of land between the Euphrates and Tigris Rivers in Mesopotamia was one of the most fertile lands known to humans, as was the riparian land of the Nile River in Ancient Egypt. Excessive fertilization has polluted aquifers with nitrates.
Civil Eats
FEBRUARY 27, 2024
It works as both a cover crop and forage for the cattle, and it’s helping Bedtka build up organic matter in his soil. Corn requires lots of nitrogen, and it’s by far the most commonly used fertilizer in the United States. Southeastern Minnesota’s Olmsted County is a microcosm of agriculture’s dependence on nitrogen fertilizer.
Daily Yonder
APRIL 11, 2023
One way to reduce agricultural chemicals is planting cover crops in the Fall after the cash crop is harvested. Winter cover crops could mean using less fertilizer and herbicide in the Spring. Grain prices began to fall and crops weren’t worth what farmers put into them.
National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition
JULY 14, 2023
Some farmers and researchers like those running the Wisconsin Integrated Systems Cropping Trial are developing increasingly sophisticated polyculture with two or more crop species in the same field at the same time. Rotating crops also significantly reduces pests and diseases.
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