Winter Crop Planning Starts Now

Decisions this spring can impact your winter crops planning

• Do you have a field with resistant wild oats or kochia on it?
• Plan an early pulse in rotation with a residual herbicide to change the mode of action in crop, and follow with a hybrid fall rye
  • Fall rye grows earlier in the spring vs other fall crops and has the Allopathic effect to suppress weeds 
  • Seed early - Aug 20 in central regions & Aug 25 in Southern regions = tillering in the fall and fast growth in the spring
• Seed an earlier maturing canola / cereal on land you plan to put fall crops on
• Seed the fields you are planning fall crops on earlier vs other parts of your farm
• Use an earlier forage crop like Barley, Triticale or SWSW vs a corn
• You may be able to skip in crop herbicides by seeding early
  • A fungicide after flowering may benefit fall rye more than previously known (research still being done)
• Taking seed home in totes / or bulk into fertilizer bins in June / July can save a step during harvest

https://www.stampseeds.com/hybrid-fall-rye.html