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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