jamie scott - pierceton, in scott`s cover crops

jamie scott - pierceton, in scott`s cover crops

SCOTT’S COVER
CROPS
JAMIE SCOTT
- PIERCETON, IN
J A Scott Farms
• 2000 Acres Total
• Corn
• Soybeans
• Wheat
• Alfalfa Hay
• 100% No-Till
• Since Early 80’s
• Corn 50 bushel above county average 2012
• 100% Cover Crop
• Pattern Drainage
• Crop Rotation
• Corn-Beans-Corn-Beans-Wheat
• Corn-Corn-Beans-Wheat
• Corn-Beans-Wheat
• Timing
• Plant May 10
• 105 Day Corn
• 2.5 – 3.2 Group Bean
• Harvest Early as possible
• Cover Crops
• Corn - Fly on – Ryegrass, Clover, Rapeseed
• Soybeans – Fly on, Drill - Ryegrass and Legume, Wheat
• Wheat – Drill - Cocktail Mix
Scott’s Cover Crops
• 100,000 acres
• 50,000 acres flown on
• 400 farmers
• Field Days
• Test Plots
• Over 50 species on farm
• CCSI Hub Farm
Annual Ryegrass
Cocktail Mixes 13 Way Mix
• Legumes
• CowPeas
• Sunn Hemp
• Cahaba Vetch
• Yellow Sweet Clover
• Crimson
• Grasses
• Sorghum Sudan
• Millet
• Oats
• Brassicas
• Rapeseed
• Turnips
• Broadleaves
• Sunflower
• Buckwheat
• Phacelia
$54.00/acre
Other Mixes
• Ryegrass, Crimson, Cahaba Vetch, Radish, Rapeseed
• Ryegrass, Crimson, Radish
• Aust. Winter Peas, Sunn Hemp, Cahaba Vetch, Radish, Oats
19th Annual National No-Tillage Conference
Cincinnati, Ohio * Jan. 12-15, 2011#
Flown @ 25 lbs/acre September 5 2006 Flown @ 25 lbs/acre September 12 2007 Flown @ 25 lbs/acre September 9 2008 Flown @ 25 lbs/acre September 13 2009 Flown @ 25 lbs/acre September 7 2010 Flown @ 25 lbs/acre September 14 2011 DRILLED FLOWN Date Sunrise Sunset Avg. High Avg. Low Mean -­‐Sept. 7 6:15am 7:05pm
78 56 67 -­‐
Oct. 7 6:46am
6:14pm
66 44 55 You lose 1 ½ hours of sun light and 12 deg. in Temp. 19th Annual National No-Tillage Conference
Cincinnati, Ohio * Jan. 12-15, 2011#
JAMIE SCOTT [email protected] (574) 551-­‐1276