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Mid Contract CRP herbicide-what and what rate

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MN Slick

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Oddly, the NRCS doesn't provide much guidance but suggested Clethidem at the lowest rate for mid contract maintenance. A light rate of gly was the ticket for contracts in Missouri. What are you guys spraying in Iowa? Burning isn't an option for this year.

Thanks
 
IowaBowHunter1983 said:
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For MO anyways:

My understanding is they're looking for more early successional plants.

I don't know why they don't just nuke the $hit in strips and be done with it for a couple years then rotate to the other strips in future years....on wait....it''s the implementation of the goverment rules....
 
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I’d run gly & ams on cool seasons either in spring - before the warm seasons are greened up. Or in fall when warm seasons go dormant. MOST stands have some junk cool seasons in them.
 
Just sharing what the NRCS is having me do in NE on my crp maintenance. Shred in
April or early May, then apply 12oz per acre on the crp after July 15. I'm just wasting my money because of do it by the gov books.
 
IowaBowHunter1983 said:
What are you trying to accomplish? Hard to answer without first understanding goals
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New farm with mid contract maintenance due this year on 4 acres of it, so my goal for this year is to remain in compliance. I like Skip's idea but the spraying has to be done by Sept 30. NRCS suggested mowing it so I'll probably do that and then spray either gly or Cleth.
 
The “real answer” IMHO- gov has no clue what they are asking for and why. The offices usually don’t know what to spray and why. That’s why- I take my own approach which actually gets positive results. Smoke those cool seasons the way I want to & get the gov their invoice to check the box.
 
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