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Anyone plant or have advice? Happy New Year.

Will be going on a forced march next year to increase soil organic matter. Looking for suggestions for forages with the greatest root mass. I am on sandy ground in Northern Michigan. Thanks.

I am on sand ground, this may help clay even more. Gypsum Improves Compacted Soil Gypsum can help break up compacted soil. Soil compaction can be prevented by not plowing or driving machinery on soil when it is too wet. The compaction in many, but not all soils can be decreased with gypsum...

2019 weather in northern lower peninsula Michigan: Spring rain, planting, June frost, then drought, fall moisture too late, germination, but not much growth. I have fall planted oats, rye, triticale, turnips, rape, winfred, radish, kale and peas. Today, with only a couple inches of snow, very...

https://www.monsanto-ag.co.uk/roundup/roundup-agriculture/best-practice/seed-germination/ The Effects of Pre-harvest Roundup on Seed Crops If a crop is sprayed with glyphosate when it is still immature there may be translocation into the seed and subsequent germination will be affected. In a...

Here we go again. The avatar was last year. Two more weeks to go, if the weatherman is right. I was getting ready to get started with some frost seeding, but that is on hold and I have to cut some wood. Now I am looking at 5-8 inches on Tuesday. I am really thinking about winter carryover. I...

I have been reading some Ray Archuleta and found some info on his cocktail mixes. If I am reading this correctly, he is describing warm and cool season plants in the same field. Comments?

Has anyone grown Mangel beets?

Just curious, so I will ask. I am in northern lower peninsula in Michigan. Fortunately, we have received some rain. Temperatures have been lagging. Last night, 49 degrees. 2 weeks ago, had night time temps in the 40's. Anyone experiencing unusual weather so far?