Rolling High Rye for Conservation of Tillage Cotton Success

Glyphosate-resistant Palmer amaranth caused many Georgia growers to go back to deep tillage in order to use pre-plant incorporated herbicides. The Univ. of GA, USDA-ARS, Auburn Univ., Clemson Univ. and the Univ. of TN developed a program using high-reside cover crops, strip-till equipment, and herbicides with different mechanisms of action to provide good control of weeds that commonly occur in cotton. The video, made by the Univ. of GA, illustrates a strip-till program using fall-planted cereal rye to suppress weeds, conserve soil, and reduce input costs.

Rolling High Rye for Conservation of Tillage Cotton Success
University of Georgia Cooperative Extension
Stanley Culpepper, University of Georgia, weed specialist
Brad Haire, Southern Farmer, editor
J. Scott Angle, Univesity of Georgia, Dean and Director