Here in the dirty south we use sorghum/sudangrass for poor dirt to build organic matter. It puts off less organics than corn but is not nearly as demanding of the soil as corn. It is very drought tolerant and is forgiving of low soil pH. Just give it a little dose of Nitrogen and some heat and it will grow. Being grown as a cover crop it could be terminated at any point in the life cycle.
It will produce quite a bit of residue (it can grow upwards of 10 ft. tall which could be a little tough to manage as you plant your winter legume but then again if it didn't produce a good deal of residue it wouldn't be adding organic matter..
We have used this strategy before. We planted the sorghum/sudan, let it grow to 8-10 ft tall then used the rotary cutter to shred it then worked the ground deep with a heavy disk to incorporate the stubble to be able to overseed for the winter.
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