2017

Manure application is a challenge in the fall for many farmers due to time constraints from harvest, weather, etc. Also, adopting new application practices also poses a challenge because “not everyone is doing it”. For this proposal, I’d like to develop and investigate a better more sustainable system for liquid swine manure applications.

For this proposal, I’d like to demonstrate/investigate and possibly develop ideas regarding the seeding of cover crops into soybeans just before harvest. I will be looking at seeding systems (airplane & high clearance sprayer), two different cover crop blends, changes in soil health and soil erosion