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CISCO sells both Buck Forage Oats and Whitetail Forage Oats. Under the supervision of Brian Haynes, we’ve been looking at the winter hardiness and palatability of the two varieties. Also in the plot are two varieties of Spring Oats (Charisma and Jerry), which we knew would not live through the winter. This is blog post . . . → Read More: Buck Forage Oats vs. Whitetail Forage Oats (Part 3) 
CISCO Seeds, Robison Farms, and Dougherty Fertilizer are sponsoring a Cover Crop Field Day and Root Dig at the Greenwood, Indiana farm. If you’ve not had an opportunity to see cover crops in a real life farm setting, this will be a great meeting for you . There will be multiple species available to . . . → Read More: Cover Crop Field Day Set at Robison Farms 
Scan down below to see BOTH Crimson Cover All and Groundbreaker Mix in an “on farm” situation. Also at the bottom check out the Medium Red Clover that was applied to wheat last winter.
Crimson Cover All Crimson Cover All is a mix of AU Robin or Dixie Crimson Clover along with GroundHog Radish. . . . → Read More: Cover Crops in Real Life (continued) 
Review from previous post: The oats were all planted on August 31, 2011. No fertilizer was added. All varieties were planted the same depth. They were disked into dead standing wheat/grass residue. The plots are replicated one time. According to Brian Haynes, CISCO sales rep, none of the plots had been grazed up through the . . . → Read More: Buck Forage Oats vs. Whitetail Forage Oats (continued) 
The following oat plots are being managed by Brian Haynes, CISCO salesman from the Lansing, MI area. So far, the oat plots show Whitetail Forage Oats starting much faster than the Buck Forage Oats. Currently, Whitetail is the tallest followed by Charisma, Jerry, and then Buck. We can’t tell yet if the deer are eating . . . → Read More: Buck Forage Oats vs. Whitetail Forage Oats 
CISCO is putting a lot of time and effort into researching the benefits of cover crops. Our cover crop agronomist, Dave Robison, has personally spoken at over 150 cover crop meetings in 2011 alone. The five pictures below are a follow up to our previous post. They show the advanced growth of the cover . . . → Read More: Cover Crops in Real Life (10 Days Later) 
These photos came in from one of our Michigan sales reps about a week and a half ago. Coated Medium Red Clover that was frost seeded into wheat in early March. This picture was taken September 2, 2011. Crimson Cover All planted into wheat stubble on August 26, 2011. Crimson Cover All is . . . → Read More: Cover Crops in Real Life 
Our previous post on soybean establishment into cereal rye showed the progression from planting to emergence. The following pictures are from the same field and were taken on July 1. July 1, 2011 – Central Indiana – soybeans emerging through terminated cereal rye. . . . → Read More: Soybeans No-tilled into Cereal Rye (2) 
With very wet weather in much of our growing area this past spring, many farmers were unable to establish alfalfa. Recently we received the Summer 2011 edition of the HAYMAKER, a quarterly publication from WL Research. In their article “Profit From Late-Summer Seeding,” they write: Spring 2011 alfalfa seeding in the Midwest and Northeast finished . . . → Read More: Late-Summer Seeded Alfalfa 
We received the following question last week: In Ohio, North central region. What is the earliest you can plant “Ground Breaker” and not have them go to seeds? Ground Breaker is our mix of GroundHog Cover Crop Radish and Austrian Winter Peas. GroundHog Radish at 7 weeks old. We recommend waiting until around Aug . . . → Read More: When to Plant Radish/Austrian Winter Peas |
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