Using Cereal Rye Strategically Ahead of Corn - Practical Cover Croppers

[@rainturtle5956]

Weed control on the bare rows?

[@atomschmidt1]

How do they terminate the rye with out damaging the corn?

[@atomschmidt1]

@@tb9483 thought that might be the case. Most of the videos I’ve watched on this page have been about organic practices so that didn’t register as an option to me at first.

[@LackoFarms]

There are several different herbicides that you can kill rye with, if you can't mechanically terminate, also there are organic approved herbicides but are extremely expensive and are not often used in organic situations.

[@JimHerman-o3q]

Ive use cereal rye many times. But for waterways. However...... why go through the expense of planting it only to have to kill it ........and add extra nitrogen the cereal rye took from the ground ???? Logic just dont add up ! About 20 dollars per acre for seed... a gallon of fuel per acre to establish rye grass.... Round up cost to terminate the ryegrass........ and the cost of the nitrogen and application to replace the nitrogen taken from they rye grass ??? Do the basic math ! NO I dont like to see bare soils either.....but these costs..... no way !