I remember some of my first farming, was plowing down the clover mix that dad had in the small grains. I was 8 when I started, with the IHC 300 and a 2 bottom Oliver plow.
I think dad and now I have had a few acres of cover crops every year on this farm. Unfortunately small grains dont make much money around here so it is relatively few acres, and our very cold long winters and wet springs are not kind to an attempt to overwinter a cover crop or get anything to grow after a normal bean or corn crop.
Currently I plant some oats on 10-20 acres with a legume mix and a few turnips inter seeded. After swathing, combining, baling straw, a neighbor puts on hog manure. The turnips suck up the hog manure nutrients, the legumes make N and biomass.
In spring I work it down and plant corn and add 50-80 lbs of nitrogen.
I cant say Im going broke and I cant say Im making a million, but its fun to do and seems to work on a small portion of the acres.
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