South Dakota State University Extension Soil Fields Specialist Anthony Bly says cover crops and winter wheat emergence has been slow with the dry soil conditions. “Cover crops in the fields that I’ve seen are performing much less than last year in terms of size, growth, and there are reports of poor emergence.” Bly has been disappointed to see tillage happening this fall with all the soil movement that took place this year. “Regrettably, I see a lot of fall tillage going on. There was the derecho and high winds that came through just a few months ago, and here we are tilling those dry soils when we already saw so much blowing and erosion.”
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