
Cover Crop Mixtures
These time-tested cover-crop mixtures are designed for different cropping rotations. Some mixtures are created for soybeans to be planted the next year while others are designed for corn the following year. The cocktail mixtures are designed with some overwintering legume varieties for quick nitrogen fixation for the following spring. Please call or email with inquiries for whichever mix works into your operations.
AFTER SPRING GRAIN & WHEAT (AUGUST 1-30)
Mixture | Conventional Drilling Seed Rate with fertilizer or manure | Conventional Drilling Seed Rate with NO nutrients added | No- Till Seed Rate |
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21% Nitro Radish™ 25% Crimson Clover 54% Nitro Brand Italian Ryegrass |
15 | 15 | 17 |
45% Nitro Radish™ 55% Crimson Clover |
10 | 12 | 13 |
33% Nitro Radish™ 67% Nitro Brand Italian Ryegrass |
12 | 15 | 15 |
14% Nitro Radish™ 16% Crimson Clover 70% Oats |
25 | 30 | 30 |
3% Sunflowers 5% Faba Beans 10% Nitro Radish™ 12% Crimson Clover 10% Austrian Winter Peas 15% Forage Peas 50% Oats |
25 | 30 | 30 |
33% Oats 2% Sun Hemp 4% Nitro Radish™ 5% Faba Beans 2% Turnips 7% TNT Brand Hairy Vetch 2% Pearl Millet 10% Crimson Clover 2% Sorghum Sudangrass 5% Berseem Clover 1% Phacelia 15% Austrian Winter Peas 2% Sunflowers 10% Forage Peas |
25 | 35 | 40 |
35% Fall Rye 2% Vivant Hybrid Brassica 2% Nitro Radish™ 2% Sun Hemp 2% Turnips 5% Faba Beans 2% Pearl Millet 12% TNT Brand Hairy Vetch 2% Sorghum Sudangrass 10% Crimson Clover 1% Phacelia 5% Berseem Clover 2% Sunflowers 18% Austrian Winter Peas |
25 | 35 | 40 |
AFTER SILAGE CORN OR SOYBEANS (SEPTEMBER 1 - OCTOBER 10)
Mixture | Conventional Drilling Seed Rate with fertilizer or manure | Conventional Drilling Seed Rate with NO nutrients added | No- Till Seed Rate |
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70% Fall Rye 8% TNT Brand Hairy Vetch 7% Crimson Clover 15% Austrian Winter Peas |
30 | 35 | 40 |
70% Oats 8% TNT Brand Hairy Vetch 7% Crimson Clover 15% Austrian Winter Peas |
30 | 35 | 40 |
Interseeding 4-8 Leaf Stage of Corn
Mixture | Conventional Drilling Seed Rate with fertilizer or manure | Conventional Drilling Seed Rate with NO nutrients added | No- Till Seed Rate |
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60% Nitro Brand Italian Ryegrass 28% Crimson Clover 7% Berseem Clover 2% Vivant Hybrid Brassica 3% Nitro Radish™ |
15-17 | 15-17 | 15-17 |
60% Tetraploid Annual Ryegrass 28% Crimson Clover 7% Berseem Clover 2% Vivant Hybrid Brassica 3% Nitro Radish™ |
15-17 | 15-17 | 15-17 |
Summer Feed and Grazing (July 20th - August 15th)
Mixture | Conventional Drilling Seed Rate with fertilizer or manure | Conventional Drilling Seed Rate with NO nutrients added | No- Till Seed Rate |
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30% Oats 20% Pearl Millet 30% Tetraprime Italian Ryegrass 10% Forage Peas 7% Berseem Clover 3% Vivant Hybrid Brassica |
50 | NR* | NR* |