Corn School: Finding a fit for 60-inch corn
Sixty-inch spacing for corn is sure not for everyone, but the math and soil conservation rewards can work for farmers who have limited rotations and can benefit from extended grazing for livestock on well-established cover crops.
That's Sunderland, Ontario, farmer Ed Hanson's takeaway from the first year of growing corn in 60-inch rows on his farm. Hanson, who also works for Cangrow Crop Solutions, teamed up with farmers in Ontario, Quebec, and Nova Scotia this summer to facilitate on-farm trials testing the wide-row strategy.
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I would use 48inch no till drill. Cover crop should be annual rye grass, hairyvetch, sweet clover and other clover. Plant that the next day.
I’ll give you my 2 cents, and I won’t even charge you. I’ve done it, and I still do a bit. Twin 60’s, and a very diverse cover crop on the wide rows. If you get up over 6 species, they don’t compete, and start to work together, and the fungi will actually pass nutrients back and forth. The problem is, we don’t know enough yet, and it can only be done at a scale where I can afford to lose, and just graze it for beef gain. For me, it’s all about what I need as an organic grower, where the demand exists. It’s constantly adjusting because it’s so much better to plant what I already have sold.
Tanaman cover crop apa saja?