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InterSeeder - Relay Planting Cover Crops Machine
The InterSeeder™ has been designed to sow cover crops in standing row crops while at the same time applying post emergent directed herbicides and fertilizer. The InterSeeder plants three rows of cover crop for each corn row. By having all these functions on one machine, it reduces the time, energy, and cost of planting cover crops in corn and potentially other row crops. The InterSeeder™ facilitates no-till relay planting and makes it possible for farmers to develop a soil cover years round, be environmentally responsible, and improve crop yields.
Getting cover crops planted immediately after the corn harvest, one of the busiest times of the year, can make for sleepless nights. Not anymore. Now you can "relay plant" cover crops to make management easier and reduce overall operating costs. And you may be pleasantly surprised by the bottom line boost the InterSeeder™ can give you.
Add the Value of Forage if it Applies
In some years, forage can be grazed resulting in additional income based on the farming operation. At the same time, reduced erosion and runoff, enhanced soil quality, and cover and some nutrition for wildlife are added benefits.
At the V7 or earlier corn stage, there is enough sunlight penetrating the canopy for cover crop seeds to germinate and establish.
As corn grows and the canopy increasingly shades the row, the cover crop essentially lies dormant. This prevents the cover crop from competing with corn for nutrients and moisture.
When corn is harvested for silage or grain, the cover crops have already been growing for two months. They flourish and mature earlier than with any other cover crop planting method.
The Advantages of Relay Planting Cover Crops
- Earlier maturing cover crops can serve as a fall and winter forage
- Mature cover crops work harder in the soil to build soil quality, or soil health
- Improves moisture infiltration
- Reduces erosion and nutrient runoff
- Holds nutrients over the winter, releases nutrients in the spring when terminated for following crops
- Increases organic matter
- Constant cover of the soil surface protects from runoff and potential wind erosion
The InterSeeder™ Is Also An Excellent No-Till Grain Drill
The InterSeeder™ is an ideal grain drill for crops like wheat, cereal rye or even soybeans. This versatility makes the InterSeeder a high value investment that will pay for itself faster than many other types of equipment.
The InterSeeder™ comes in both a 4 or 6 row configuration, and is available with the following options:
- InterSeeder™ only, no applicators
- with liquid fertilizer sidedress or herbicide applicator
- with liquid fertilizer sidedress and herbicide applicators
- with liquid fertilizer sidedress and herbicide applicators plus full drill capability
What The InterSeeder™ Will Do For You
- Reduce costs for planting cover crops
- Simultaneously sidedress N and apply final postemerge herbicide while planting cover crops, all in a single pass
- Makes an ideal small grain drill for added versatility
- Increase corn yield from rotation effect
- Reduce N cost
- Increase forage production
- Provide cover and feed to wildlife
- Prevents soil erosion
- Enhances soil carbon
- Reduces drought stress
- Suppresses weeds
- Hold nutrients over winter
- Makes nutrients available for cash crops
- Provides supplemental forage