An agronomist says the dry fall has made seeding cover crops a challenge. Ryan Gentle, who covers Illinois with Wyffels Hybrids, says some farmers timed it right. “If you’re early enough to do it, like maybe after silage early on, and we caught that half inch of rain, some of those fields look pretty nice.” […]
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