Terry Wyciskalla of Wyciskalla Consulting in southern Illinois shares a video exhibiting the differences between chemical control and cover crop control of weeds in a plot in Washington County.
Wyciskalla notes “After speaking with the area manager, the cereal rye did not give full season 100% suppression of waterhemp. There were some breakthroughs but were still considerably better than the conventional chemical control plots.”
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