Buddy Oubre, owner of Buddy Oubre Farms Inc., partnered with St. Martin and Iberia Soil and Water Conservation Districts (SWCDs), the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), and the LSU AgCenter to test a cane harvester modification design that he patented. This modification would prove successful in directing most of the cane leaf residue into the […]
An Innovation for Using Cane Leaf Residue to Reduce Runoff: Good Lands Episode 3
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Custom Built High Clearance Inner Seeder in the Upper Midwest with Joe Lawler
This high clearance tool will allow Joe to get a major jump start on getting his cover crops established and growing. At 60 feet wide and running around 7mph, 300 acres a day is achievable. The interseeder unit cost him about 1/10 of a Hagie cover crop interseeder.
Dig Deeper on Cover Crops with Ryan Britt
Cash crop considerations after covers: A conversation with Ryan Britt, in north central Missouri.
Dig Deeper on Cover Crops with Michael Vittetoe (Part 1)
Cash crop considerations after covers: A conversation with Michael Vittetoe from Washington County, Iowa.
Seeding Cover Crops with an Air Seeder and Rolling Harrow
Will Cannon of Prairie City, IA has MacGyvered a method for seeding cover crops quickly and inexpensively. The setup: a Hiniker air seeder with Gandy seed meters mounted on a DIY frame which pulls a pre-owned J&M double rolling harrow. Will estimates this seeding method, including labor costs, to be just $5-$6/acre! This video was […]
Combine Seeder Saves Time and Fuel by Seeding Covers during Harvest
Make the most of time and fuel with a one-pass system to air seed cereal rye during corn harvest. Nick Smith and his dad, Jack Smith, both of Epworth, IA give an overview of their setup: a Gandy air seeder mounted on a combine to simultaneously combine and seed covers. Jack explains the process, saying […]
Planter Set-up for Planting Green
Trey Hill and his staff at Harborview farms in Rock Hall, Maryland have spent a decade fine-tuning their corn and soybean planters to optimize their performance when planting green into high-residue cover crops. Here’s what they’ve learned.
Under the Hood: The Combine Cover Crop Seeder
James and Aaron Black of N.S. Farms discuss the design and how they use the combine-mounted cover crop seeder.
Built on the Farm: The Combine Cover Crop Seeder
James and Aaron Black of N.S. Farms plant cover crops earlier and with less time and tractor passes using a combine-mounted cover crop seeder. This video features them talking about how they got this idea and how this approach is impacting their operation.
Planting Green, an Option for Managing Weeds, Organic Matter, Soil Moisture and Nutrition
On the Eastern Shore of Maryland, Trey Hill, farmer and owner of Harborview Farms, is using planting green (i.e. planting cash crops into green, living cover crops) as a way of enhancing the services provided by cover crops. Planting green allows the cover crops to grow for an additional few weeks and allows them to […]