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Cover Crop Seeding Methods

Timely fall cover crop establishment is a challenge for Ohio growers. These plots compare four cover crop seeding treatments. All treatments were applied in mid to late June following wheat under no-till conditions.

Treatment list (West to East):

  1. Drone Cover Crop Seeding
  2. Drone Cover Crop Seeding with Vertical Tillage
  3. Drilled Cover Crop
  4. Broadcast Seeding

For more information on inter-seeding cover crops with drones visit digitalag.osu.edu or learn more by following OSU Precision Ag on X and Facebook at @OhioStatePA. You can also view results from the first year of research on using drones to apply cover crops by State Specialist Dr. John Fulton and Alex Thomas in the 2023 eFields Report (pgs. 202-203) at digitalag.osu.edu/efields.