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▶ Watch: Planting Green – establishing the cover crop

Written by Daniel Smith
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A grower’s perspective. This is one of a nine-part video series on the basics of planting corn and soybean into a green living cover crop.

Rodney Webb, director of the Pierce County Land Conservation Department, and Tom, a Pepin County farmer, discuss establishing cover crops. They talk about the techniques and management strategies needed to successfully establish cover crops including seeding rates, varieties of cover crops planted, and termination strategies.

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