Advanced cover cropping strategies for specific goals and how to evaluate them. Grower Panel: Dan Petker, Petker Farms and Rick Kootstra, Kootstra Farms
11. VALUE OF THE N CREDIT & CLOVER
Red Clover $/ac N Credit Range 28% Equiv $/ac
Application 5.00$ 25#/ac 8.4 gallon 13.41$
Seed (12#) 24.00$ to or
Total Cost 29.00$ 35#/ac 11.7 gallon 18.68$
N Credit Value: -$10.32/ac to -$15.59/ac
Ignore the N Credit…
bu/ac Sale Price $/ac Clover Value
Corn Yield With Red Clover 245 1,225.00$ 96.00$
5$/bu
Corn Yield w/out Red Clover 220 1,100.00$ -$
19. GOING FORWARD
• Sunflower/buckwheat/winter barley biostrips (Boron & Phos for corn)
• 60” corn for better establishment of covers,to generate more C
• 80’ wide perennials around fields margins
• More living roots through-out the year