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Hartsburg Field Cover Crop Demonstration Update

Here is a set of updated photos from the Hartsburg Field cover crop strip demonstration taken October 16, 2015. Below is the seeding information from the September 17 seeding. Lack of moisture is severely impacting some of the seedings.
Cover Crop # Seed used # Oats used Acres Applied Seed rate per acre Oat seed rate
Oats 48 0 0.83 57.83 0
Oats/Nitro Radish 8 32 0.83 9.64 38.55
Oats/Purple top Turnips 8 32 0.83 9.64 38.55
Oats/Hunter Brassica 8 32 0.83 9.64 38.55
Buck Wheat 8 0 0.41 19.51 0