1-800-634-2836 Home Grain Forage Cover Crops Organics Applied Products Links Blog Contact Cereal Rye Cool Season Grass Cover Crops HomeCover CropsCool Season Grass Cover CropsCereal Rye Cereal Rye Rye can be seeded later in fall than other cover crops and still provide considerable dry matter, an extensive soil-holding root system, significant reduction of nitrate leaching and exceptional weed suppression. Rye outperforms all other cover crops on infertile, sandy or acidic soil or on poorly prepared land. Widely adapted, but grows best in cool, temperate zones. Rye can be paired with a winter annual legume such as vetch to offset rye’s tendency to tie up soil nitrogen in spring. Rye has no taproot, but it’s quick growing, fibrous root system can take up and hold as much as 100 lb. N/A until spring, with 25 – 50 lb. being more typical. Rye also increases the concentration of exchangeable potassium (K) near the soil surface, by bringing it up from lower in the soil profile. Rye overseeded in soybeans. Rye overseeded in soybeans. Soybeans emerging in rye cover. Cereal rye cover for soybeans. Seed Catalog Prices 2021 Corn Prices 2021 Soybean Prices 2021 Sorghum Prices 2018 Cover Crop Prices 2021 Spring Price Sheet Plots 2019 Corn Strip Plots 2019 Corn Replicated Plots 2019 Soybean Strip Plots 2019 Soybean Replicated Plots 2019 Milo Plots 2019 Milo Replicated Plots 2019 Silage Plots 2019 Forage Plots Give us a call at 1-800-634-2836 for further assistance. Thank you. Kauffman Seeds, Inc. 9218 S. Halstead St. Hutchinson, KS 67501 1+ (800) 634-2836 Copyright © 2018-2021 by Kauffman Seeds, Inc. All rights reserved. Site designed and hosted by Kansas Chun Kuhn Taekwondo Marketing Services. Site maintained by Kauffman Seeds, Inc. Share This