Learning from mistakes with drone seeding and terminating cover crops

Matt Burkholder shares what he learned when drone seeding a cover crop mix didn't go as planned and when he waited too long to terminate cereal rye after planting green into a soybean field. Matt runs Burkholder Healthy Farms in Allen County, Ohio.

[@AliIbrahim-ri6mz]

Good information..thanks

[@josephmessner6324]

The heat from the more open ground pushed the corn harder. The shorter corn will catch up

[@MattBurkholder-gg5uf]

Just an update corn yield was 184 bpa. I've never grown over 130 bpa corn on this field before. This is a successful year even though it was so dry

[@tf7274]

That's kind of across the country...we get into the 200's here in Manitoba some years...we had as high as 288 this year with broadcast fert in spring, one pass roundup, and very little rain on a field that's been continuous corn for 15 years.

[@quercusmac]

What drone was used and did you identify the issue with the spreader?

[@jacobbrizammito7187]

I have been wondering if anyone has started using drones to air-seed. Be interested to see a video on equipment and methods for drone seeding. How it compares to airplane for cost, risk and efficacy.

[@goodideafarm]

That's an excellent video idea!

[@thewednesdaynightbiblestudyon]

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