FORAGE + COVER CROP MANAGEMENT GUIDE

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4 Colorado Kansas North Dakota Awesome photo from northeast Colorado of AllPurpose Triticale CC cover crop mix. This cover crop was planted behind hailed-out corn. Photo taken in early October Here are a few photos of SiloSorghum BMR Dwarf in Western Kansas. This is about 5 to 6 feet tall, with most plants a couple weeks prior to heading. Notice the high number of leaves on this hybrid, which creates a higher leaf-to-stem ratio. Photos taken in mid-august Here are photos of SiloSorghum BMR Sterile near Ashley, ND. The grower averaged 23.5 tons per acre. Photos taken summer This is a field of AlfaFive alfalfa in spring 2017 in the Panhandle. The alfalfa stand had been infested with volunteer triticale and a weedy mess. See the growth 13 days after the water was started again. Colorado A couple photos of All-Purpose Triticale CC cover crop mix near Yuma, Colo. The photo was taken in mid-september 2016, about 30 days after planting. Nebraska, Colorado, Kansas Kansas A great demonstration of early drought tolerance of HighYield sorghum-sudan products in Western Kansas. Before and after a 3-inch rain. It was planted behind spring oats and had no irrigation or rain. Later photo was taken early September, Photos of PearlPlus BMR hybrid pearl millet near Muleshoe,. The field was planted July 10 and received timely rains, resulting in rapid growth of this unique product. Photo taken midaugust Jon Douglas, CHS Seed Resources agronomist, took various photos while visiting growers on a particular trip. He stated: It s been a great week traveling through Kansas, Nebraska and Colorado, visiting with growers who planted CHS cover crops and alfalfa this fall. I was astounded by FractureRadish growth. It was planted in very compact sandy soil. Two weeks after planting I could not drive a probe in more than 8 inches. The radishes have broken through the compaction layer and are recycling nutrients from deeper soil layers. And the cattle love grazing on them. I was also able to get a look at our new FD4 Roundup Ready alfalfa coming out of the ground in Colorado. Photos taken in late October 2016.

5 Minnesota Kansas A grower near Tracy, Minn., planted Economy CC cover crop mix on Sept. 2. Only 12 days later on Sept. 14, 2017, when the photo was taken, the cover crop had already shown excellent germination and growth. Economy CC, a brassica and FractureRadish mix, is incredibly affordable to establish. Grower seed cost is usually close to $9/acre. Cole Mangers (pictured), sales agronomist for CHS in Selden, Kan, has been working with numerous growers in the area to boost hay yields. One of his growers, Chuck, planted HighYield BMR PS, a photoperiod sensitive sorghum-sudan, this past season and is very satisfied with the performance. Photos taken in early September CHS Seed Resources agronomist Jon Douglas spent a morning with Jake, a West corn, cotton and alfalfa producer northwest of Lubbock. Jake planted FractureRadish, sorghum-sudan and sun hemp in fall 2017 to bust compaction, build fertility, increase water infiltration rates and hold soil moisture during the normally dry, windy, West winter weather. Jake plans to strip till cotton or corn into this cover crop next spring. Photos taken early December A grower near Farwell,, planted All-Purpose Triticale CC cover crop mix into several pivots last fall. Benji Henderson, sales agronomist, CHS in Muleshoe,, is working with the grower to help get wind and heavy rain erosion under control in the sandy loam soil. The plan is to no-till cotton into this cover crop next spring. This was planted only 15 days prior to pictures being taken fall The young FractureRadish roots are already 9 inches long. This is an irrigated field of HighYield BMR PS in West. This hybrid sorghum-sudan stays vegetative until daylight falls below 12 hours, 20 minutes, which allows producers maximum harvest flexibility and quality. This product is also very tolerant of sugarcane aphids. Pictured is agronomy sales person Benji Henderson of CHS in Muleshoe,.

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