Hello,

Happy small grain harvest! If you're direct cutting your grain don't forget to get some air on it while it goes through its sweat. Your grain or seed quality will be better off for it!

You’ve most likely identified a market for your small grain crop, but if not, our Small Grains Business Directory could be a useful resource for identifying seed cleaners and buyers and grain buyers.

Finally, we are beginning to hold more in-person events. Check out the events listed near the bottom of this email to see if any are happening near you.

Wishing you a safe and fruitful small grain harvest,

The Strategic Initiatives Team

A rye cover crop with a consistent stand and high biomass has tremendous weed suppression potential, which can enable no-till, organic soybean production. However, drilling rye after corn harvest doesn’t allow for sufficient growth to adequately combat weeds.

Seeding rye after a summer harvest is one of the best ways to get weed suppression from rye in soybeans.

On our August 6th shared learning call at 12:15 pm CT, we’ll hear from Western Illinois University professor Joel Gruver, on re-thinking crop succession in organic, minimum tillage crop rotations. Joel will share ideas and observations from his research at Allison Farm.

July

July 27 | 6:30 - 7:15 p.m. CT | Online

August 6 | 12:15 - 1:15 p.m. CT | dial (605) 313-5784 and enter passcode 239000#

August 24 | 1:30 – 2:15 p.m. CT | Online

Send us your small grain poll ideas! We want to know what YOU want to know. Reply to this email with your ideas for the next poll.

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