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Cereal rye, winter wheat, triticale as a cover crop

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Secale cereale (cereal rye)

Triticum aestivum (winter wheat)

X Tritisecale (triticale)

Type: cool season winter annual grass

Pros: good fit following silage or seed corn production; high potential to scavenge nutrients, suppress weeds, improve soil health, prevent erosion

Overwintering potential: yes

Planting date: late August through October

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