A researcher’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.

In this video, Dan Smith, Extension Nutrient and Pest Management program manager, and Rodrigo Werle, an associate professor in the UW–Madison Department of Plant and Agroecosystem Sciences and Extension weed scientist, discuss the weed control benefits of planting green along with plant pest management strategies related to planting green in both corn and soybeans. Dan and Rodrigo talk through how cover crops suppress weeds and how planting green can help suppress water hemp in soybean rotations.