Join us at Prairie's Edge on Tuesday, October 5th, for a casual meeting about why it is important to provide vitamins and minerals for your pets and livestock. This meeting is open to questions regarding all species, and we will be happy to help you build a nutritional program that will ensure the best health of your animals.
(Tuesday, October 5th, 6:00-7:00pm CST)
~Barbara Barten
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
Radish planted with wheat adds yield?
Radish planted with wheat (at seeding time) adds yield? There are a bunch of farmers saying "yes, it does!"
I have been in NW Ohio quite a few times over the past month and I have heard from farm stores and farmers that wheat producers are adding 2-4# of Radishes per acre to the wheat in the drill...and seeing great results! More than one farmer told me that they gained 5-7 bushel per acre by adding the radishes! Not only that, a few guys told me that they reduced their nitrogen application by 20% and still got 5 bu/acre increase where the radishes were planted with the wheat versus where there were no radishes (after soybeans). I find this to be another cool way to reduce cost and increase yields! As one gent said it...it is like having a bunch of "French wells" in the field. The ground dries faster, the radishes scavenge N and hold it until spring...then slowly release the N to the wheat crop in the spring...cool huh? Oh, these won't be the "state fair" size radishes when planted that late...but, they will be 5-12" deep, maybe the size of your ring finger...It's an idea to consider!
Have a great evening.
Best Regards,
Dave Robison
Agronomist/Seed Marketing Manager
The CISCO Companies
403 Wooster Rd.
Winona Lake, IN 46590
1-574-267-6101 (office)
1-317-696-3904 (cell)
1-574-267-6687 (fax)
daverobison@ciscoseeds.com
www.plantcovercrops. com
I have been in NW Ohio quite a few times over the past month and I have heard from farm stores and farmers that wheat producers are adding 2-4# of Radishes per acre to the wheat in the drill...and seeing great results! More than one farmer told me that they gained 5-7 bushel per acre by adding the radishes! Not only that, a few guys told me that they reduced their nitrogen application by 20% and still got 5 bu/acre increase where the radishes were planted with the wheat versus where there were no radishes (after soybeans). I find this to be another cool way to reduce cost and increase yields! As one gent said it...it is like having a bunch of "French wells" in the field. The ground dries faster, the radishes scavenge N and hold it until spring...then slowly release the N to the wheat crop in the spring...cool huh? Oh, these won't be the "state fair" size radishes when planted that late...but, they will be 5-12" deep, maybe the size of your ring finger...It's an idea to consider!
Have a great evening.
Best Regards,
Dave Robison
Agronomist/Seed Marketing Manager
The CISCO Companies
403 Wooster Rd.
Winona Lake, IN 46590
1-574-267-6101 (office)
1-317-696-3904 (cell)
1-574-267-6687 (fax)
daverobison@ciscoseeds.com
www.plantcovercrops. com
Welcome!!!
I hope that all of my Prairie's Edge friends will choose to start following me on a new adventure! I'm going to start blogging... This sounds like a huge commitment, but I'm hoping that I will be able to find a little bit of time, EVERY week to tell everyone about a new product or a special event. This should be a great way to keep everyone up to date on what's happening at Prairie's Edge and in the community.
~Barbara Barten
~Barbara Barten
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