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Red clover as a cover crop

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Trifolium pratense

Type: winter annual legume

Pros: good fit in weather destroyed crops or prevent plant acres; no allelopathic affect ahead of corn; possible N fixer; low water use; moderate potential to improve soil health, prevent erosion

Overwintering potential: with adequate fall establishment

Planting date: August through early September

Seeding depth: 0.25” to 0.5” – rainfall/soil moisture needed to get good establishment

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Consider Frost Seeding or Interseeding Pastures This Spring

March 6, 2019
interseeding into a pasture

Producers wanting to add to or improve the forage species in their existing pastures should typically consider using either the frost seeding method in February and early March, or interseeding later in the spring months. This has been an unusual end to the winter, so as soon as the snow melts, frost seeding can begin.

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