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Join us live from the field as Mike & Dave Unruh roller crimp their cereal rye cover crop using a Mandako roller here in SE Minnesota. 🍀🌻

The Unruhs planted their soybeans when the rye was at boot stage (approximately 3 weeks ago) and are currently terminating the mature rye that's at anthesis.
In today's video we check out how well the Mandako L15401 is doing at crimping and laying the cover crop down. We also investigate if there's any damage to the unifoliate soybeans.

Roller Crimping can eliminate a pass of herbicide and ideally if the rye is thick enough, creating a dense mat of biomass allowing farmers the opportunity to eliminate their herbicide use all together. A thick mat of crimped rye acts as soil armor while also doing a fantastic job suppressing weeds and holding our precious soil moisture.

Generally a roller crimper is a water-filled drum that has chevron blades (think fins). As the roller makes it way through the cover crop is severs or crimps the plants. This process kills the cover crop by slashing the plant stems every 5-8" inches. The killed cover crop becomes a heavy mulch and protects the soil not allowing weeds to germinate. The small soybean plants easily make their way through the heavy mat and continue on growing as they reach for the sun.

More and more farmers are looking at innovative ways to decrease their inputs while maintaining yields. Using a roller crimper that has chevron style blades is one such example.

Common brands include InJ and Mandako More info at:
www.croproller.com
www.mandako.com

For a related video with friend Sheldon Luehmann who also planted soybeans into boot stage rye check out... Planting Green for Roller Crimping
   • Planting Green for Roller Crimping  
He actually used an InJ roller crimper to compare the 2 manufacturers.

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➡️ To continue the soil health & regenerative farming discussion, please feel free to reach out to me directly at [email protected].
➡️ Technical assistance in designing cover crop mixes, implementing the soil health principles on your farm or ranch, direct marketing, incorporating livestock, and hosting educational field days & workshops is available if interested.

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👨‍🌾 Lance Klessig - Regenerative Ag Advocate 🌻

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