Albert Lea Seed House 2016 Cover Crops & Winter Grains Catalog

Winter Wheat Best Practices (Full variety descriptions on page 11) LOCAL PILOTS and AERIAL APPLICATORS Company Arnt Aerial Spraying Agri-Tech Aviation Bart’s Flying Service Blue Earth Aviation Covercrop Logistics Fairmont Aerial Ag. Heiderscheidt Aerial Hoppe Airspray J-Bird Helicopters Klinkenborg Aerial Lowry Flying Inc. Meyer Agri Air Olsem Aeriall LLC Pocahontas Aerial R&M Spraying Scott’s Helicopter Stier Ag Aviation Storm Flying Service Teryjon Aviation Thisius Flying Service Todd’s Flying Service Vista Helicopter LLC Wells AG Supply  Drill 100 – 140 lbs/acre. Seed about 1-2 inches deep.  Optimum planting dates for southern MN are September 10 - September 30. Location Phone Worthington, MN Indianola, IA Storm Lake, IA Blue Earth, MN Clarks Grove, MN Frost, MN Sleepy Eye, MN Conrad, IA Mankato, MN Parkersbug, IA Grinnell, IA Wellsburg, IA Westbrooke, MN Pocahontas, IA Sioux Center, IA Le Sueur, MN Whittemore, IA Webster City, IA St. Peter, MN Wells, MN Ankeny, IA Bouton, IA Fonda, IA 507-376-3305 515-240-0560 712-732-6494 507-526-7264 507-473-0156 507-236-1938 507-794-7540 319-610-3628 507-245-3939 720-878-1670 641-325-0261 641-640-8723 507-360-1281 712-335-4860 712-722-2293 507-665-4064 515-884-2767 515-832-3723 507-931-2419 507-383-9157 515-964-0380 515-371-4263 712-288-6210  Avoid planting winter wheat on corn ground or wheat stub     ble. Work the soil as black as possible when following sweet corn or corn silage to reduce the likelihood of Scab (Fusarium Head Blight). Planting past the optimum seeding date increases the risk of winter kill and can reduce grain yield. Seeding too early can result in excessive growth in the fall making plants more vulnerable to winter kill and creates a green bridge for a number of winter wheat pests. Watch chemical rotation restrictions. Winter Wheat in rotation gives you an excellent window for seeding cover crops after the crop comes off in late summer Go to www.alseed.com for complete Winter Wheat Best Practices. (Inclusion on this list does not imply an endorsement.) WARM-SEASON COVER CROPS Warm-Season Biomass Cover Crops Buckwheat* (O,C) - Quick growing summer annual broadleaf cover crop. Produces abundant growth in 35-40 days. Easy to control and residue breaks down quickly. Flowers attract beneficial insects and pollinators. Very well suited to varying soil types including poorer soils. Plant May 15th-August 15th at 50-100 lbs/acre. Viking 100 Sorghum/Sudangrass* (C) - Fast growing and highly productive annual grass that works as a superb forage or cover crop. Very drought tolerant and thrives in hot weather. Can be cut or mowed multiple times in a season. Very competitive with weeds including perennials. Thicker planting rates will yield smaller stemmed material. Plant May 15th - August 15th at 15-35 lbs/acre. Warm-Season N-Fixing Cover Crops Sunn Hemp* (C) - Tall-growing, warm-season annual legume. Tremendous biomass potential and N-fixing ability. Quick growing, loves heat and tolerates poorer soils including sands. Terminate crop at first flower. Plant June 1st-August 15th at 15-20 lbs/acre (straight) or 4-8 lbs/acre (in mixture). Cowpeas* (C) - Vigor ous gr owing summer annual legume. Thr ives in hot, wet conditions. Similar gr owth pattern to soybeans but with superior drought tolerance. Ready to plowdown in 60-90 days. Plant June 1st-August 15th at 70-90 lbs/acre (straight) or 25-30 lbs/acre (in mixture). -8-

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