A crimper-roller ahead of the tractor may also deliver good cover crop suppression and allow no-till planting of the main crop at the same time. Although not recommended for most direct-seeded ...

It is often used as a catch crop and works well with a roll-crimp mulch system (in which the cover crop is suppressed by rolling and crimping with crops seeded or transplanted through the mulch).

While many farmers are growing cover crops over winter before spring crops, there is also the possibility of establishing a catch crop between harvest and an autumn-drilled crop. The key… ...

January 3, 2025 — …most of us want to know where we stand on the winter storm that comes through to finish the weekend. Low pressure still looks to to take a track through Northern KY. That puts all ...

No-till planting into the cover crop presents some challenges for organic farmers. Conventional farmers would typically use chemicals to terminate the crop. No-till roller/crimpers are being tested by ...

They purchased an eight-row, 20-foot John Deere 1760 planter, and a 20-foot folding-wing roller crimper to match the planter’s width. This required a second pass, but, “That was the first crucial step ...

cover crops, crop rotations, equipment modification and use, and facilities design. Jeff is perhaps most well-known for conceptualizing and popularizing the No Till Roller Crimper for use in organic ...