What: 60-Inch Corn & Cover Crops
Where: Menoken Farm-Burleigh County Soil Conservation District
When: May 2020
Why: Provide crop diversity and enhance sunlight harvest
60-inch corn rows provide the window of opportunity for additional plant
diversity and efficient sunlight harvest. A combination of perennial and annual
cover crops is used. The perennials include cool season introduced and cool
season natives, along with legumes and flowering forbs.
Photo Reference:
0605 Maintaining the perennial cover crops while planting 60-inch corn.
