Elk Mound Seed Blog
Growing High-Yielding Oats
We feel like we have always done a great
job providing our growers and dealers with high quality seed oats at
competitive prices, but we’ve maybe fallen short educating on the “how-tos” of
oat growing. Growing 100-bushel oats is
far from unachievable, but we need to start looking at the finer details. We have put together this basic manual with
hopes that our growers can improve their oat yields and quality. Here’s the quick and dirty…
YOU MUST TREAT YOUR OATS LIKE A CROP
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Feb 24th 2022
Farmers Spring To Do List: Evaluate Alfalfa Winterkill
As we near the planting season, farmers are
getting outside and assessing their alfalfa fields. Below are some tips when
looking out in your alfalfa field to determine any winterkill.
What to Look for with Alfalfa
Winterkill
Frozen and dried-up crown tissue are signs of
alfalfa winterkill, and the crown and upper root become even more susceptible
to cold. Furthermore, the tissue is more likely to be damaged because the crown
becomes exposed to low temperatures when elevate
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Jan 29th 2022
Crop Rotation & Cover Crops
A common question regarding cover crops is how they work into my crop rotation? A corn/soybean rotation is an extremely typical rotation for the use of cover crops. Adding small grains, such as oats, barley or pea blends can add additional opportunity to use cover crops into your rotation. Proper use of cover crops into your crop rotation can help weed control, reduce water runoff and decrease the reliance on other crop inputs. Planning and understanding what cover crop seed can acco
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Jan 29th 2022
Spring Lawn Cleanup
As the snow piles clear and the sunshine makes its way to your overwintering lawn, it becomes time to perform that spring cleanup. To help prepare your lawn for a great start we have put together a simple step-by-step guide for the spring. Our experts at Elk Mound Seed can help advise on any of the steps to help get your lawn in the right direction.
Spring Cleanup Step-by-Step Guide
Remove all debris from the yard (including leaves, dead grass, rocks, pet droppings, etc.).
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Jan 29th 2022
How to Save your Lawns and Pastures from Spring Crabgrass
For
farmers and homeowners alike, spring crabgrass is both a fact of life and a
menace. For the homeowner, crabgrass can ruin the aesthetic of a carefully
tended-to lawn, not to mention rack up maintenance costs. For the farmer, it
chokes out more nutritious forage and destroys carefully cultivated
pastures—pastures that are directly tied to a farmer’s livelihood. And fodder
seeds and pasture seeds certainly aren’t cheap.
Crabgrass is a tenacious beast. Once it has got a
foot
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Jan 29th 2022