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An air tractor was spotted flying over neighbors field of corn a few weeks ago. They do their work rather fast so are hard to photograph. This one is seeding cereal rye & field radish as a winter cover crop into standing corn. The rumble is the air tractor rent charge ranges from $ 9 to $ 14 per acre not counting the seed. Guessing the total operation might be $ 30 - $ 34 or so per acre. These cover increase fertility of the soil growing till ground freezes up then growing again next spring. The talk is fertilizer cost in 2022 is going be double what it cost in 2021. Some say a crimson clover will add 100 lbs N / acre as a winter cover. Do you think farmers will be taking a second look at planted winter cover to grow some fertility in the ground over winter and cut the cost of fertilize for crop production in the future ?

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A lot depends on what your climate is, and whether you have faith in N credits. 100 lb from clover over winter wont happen in my neighborhood. But 50 to even 80 from red clover after wheat will. And I can currently tear up (no till in my case) an alfalfa stand, take the N credit to fertilize corn, and seed a new stand with premium seed cheaper than I can put down N to grow corn after beans.

My manure is gold, and smells more like money every day :)
 
I wonder how the math works. price of seeds and airplane vs buying fertilizer?
Right now, most farmers are disking fields after harvest.
Would planting anything germinate before the snow
 
Yes , it is probably too late to do seeding now for next year. A farmer was interviewed on ag news. He reported his N cost per acre was 116 dollars in 2021 for 200 lbs N he applied for his corn. And would double for 2022. Seems farmers might be in a position to grow their own nitrogen by planting covers in September or early October . This air tractor was flying around mid-September, so the rye that came up is 4 inches high today. Should get a picture. Radishes are said to be able to capture 100 lbs / acre un-used, left over P in the soil over a winter.
 
Urea was 300$ a ton last spring by October it was 700$ a ton and supposed to be higher by spring . 9$ fuel will really be a blessing wont it
 
I was cutting beans last week and the guy cutting in the field next to me had cover crop flow on in august and with harvest being late the rye was about 6 inches tall. He was moving about half the speed of me and the fodder coming out was green.
 
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