For successful no-till planting, kill vegetation chemically with a herbicide. Place seeds - inch deep in the soil. No-till plantings suffer less winter kill and provide a firmer base for winter grazing than conventional planting. Plant rye, which will produce the earliest fall grazing, from Aug. 15-Oct. Plant wheat Sept. 1-Oct.
Adequate moisture is essential for stand establishment.
Including ryegrass in the mixture will produce grazing later into the spring. Small-grain plantings made after Oct. 1 usually produce little fall grazing. If you don't plan fall grazing, then drop seeding rates to 1.5 bushels per acre. You may add 15 pounds per acre of ryegrass in place of bushel of the small grain to provide grazing later into the spring. Check with you local Extension office for recommended varieties.