You can use lower rates for cover crop intentions. In the spring wheat can be killed with a roller crimper at the soft-dough stage or later, or sprayed with a herbicide.

While 27% of U.S. winter wheat crop is under drought conditions, the Northern Plains wheat areas were especially dry. “That lead to poor development of the crop last autumn,” Rippey says.

The paper, "Simulated Effects of Winter Wheat Cover Crops on Cotton Production Systems of the Texas Rolling Plains," is part of the "Crop Modeling and Decision Support for Optimizing Use of ...

Double cropping may be another consideration for producers who have used cover crops in wheat systems within the Rolling Plains, according to an ongoing Texas A&M AgriLife Research study.

The study proved winter wheat is a feasible cover crop for Rolling Plains cotton production, said Dr. Srinivasulu Ale, AgriLife Research geospatial hydrologist at Vernon.

The research included large, replicated plots comparing fallow, a wheat cover crop and mixed species cover crop. The first cover crop was planted in the fall of 2018 behind corn, and cotton was ...

USDA’s Crop Progress released on Monday showed 61% of the Kansas wheat crop is rated as being in poor to very poor condition. For the week ending April 9, 2023, there were 6.6 days suitable for ...

A three-year study conducted by the Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station shows that cover crops can improve yields in soybean fields. The study also answers a lingering question about wheat ...

In McPherson County, Derek Sawyer says his wheat had a lot more hope in February than it does now. “It needs a rain,” he said. His area received 0.5 inch of moisture in April, but that’s 2.5 ...

You can use lower rates for cover crop intentions. In the spring wheat can be killed with a roller crimper at the soft-dough stage or later, or sprayed with a herbicide.

Winter wheat feasible cover crop for Rolling Plains cotton. by Texas A&M University. Interest in using cover crops to improve soil health continues to grow in the Texas Rolling Plains region ...

VERNON – Interest in using cover crops to improve soil health continues to grow in the Texas Rolling Plains region, but the nagging concern of reductions in soil moisture and ...