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Though delaying cover crop termination shows potential for improving weed management, there are several factors (e.g., equipment limitations, growing season windows, and pest management) that may prevent adoption of this practice. What is the most important limiting factor? You will leave this presentation with a better understanding of how herbicide selection can influence cover crop success. Highlights include:
• How environmental conditions and soil type influence herbicide dissipation
• How integrating cover crops into annual grain rotations can help diversify weed management and preserve the use of effective herbicides in conservation tillage systems
• How new cover cropping strategies that allow for delayed cover crop termination and greater cover crop biomass accumulation can improve weed suppression and herbicide management in annual grain systems
• Outline of potential agronomic tradeoffs that might limit the adoption of these new strategies
This presentation is part of the 2017 National Conference on Cover Crops and Soil Health. Slide presentations and additional conference information is available at sare.org/covercropconference2017.
Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) provides grants and outreach to advance innovations that improve profitability, stewardship and quality of life. SARE is supported by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, USDA.
Though delaying cover crop termination shows potential for improving weed management, there are several factors (e.g., equipment limitations, growing season windows, and pest management) that may prevent adoption of this practice. What is the most important limiting factor? You will leave this presentation with a better understanding of how herbicide selection can influence cover crop success. Highlights include:
• How environmental conditions and soil type influence herbicide dissipation
• How integrating cover crops into annual grain rotations can help diversify weed management and preserve the use of effective herbicides in conservation tillage systems
• How new cover cropping strategies that allow for delayed cover crop termination and greater cover crop biomass accumulation can improve weed suppression and herbicide management in annual grain systems
• Outline of potential agronomic tradeoffs that might limit the adoption of these new strategies
This presentation is part of the 2017 National Conference on Cover Crops and Soil Health. Slide presentations and additional conference information is available at sare.org/covercropconference2017.
Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) provides grants and outreach to advance innovations that improve profitability, stewardship and quality of life. SARE is supported by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, USDA.
