What are the options for cover crop destruction?

摘要

Heading out with a set of Cambridge rolls after a heavy frost can help bring cover crop growth to an end as the time to establish the following commercial crop approaches. But for most growers, a device to roll, bruise, crimp and lacerate a well-grown cover crop is a likely necessity. Essentially, there are three solutions: a knife roller installed on a cultivator to start a shallow, minimal tillage process; a knife roller fitted to a seed drill; and a knife roller operated independently ahead of cultivation or drilling, or with a direct seed drill for a one-pass solution.