Episode #26: Interseeding Cover Crops into Soybeans with Alex Frasier
In this episode, Keith sits down with Alex Frazier, a fourth-generation farmer and agronomist from South Dakota, who has been interseeding cover crops into his soybeans for six years. Alex shares how planting a simple mix of oats, rye, and flax alongside his beans — then terminating it six to eight weeks later — has helped him boost his farm's soybean average from 39 to 52 bushels per acre while reducing phosphorus inputs by 75% and nitrogen by 40%. They dig into the specifics of mix design, spray timing, weed suppression, nutrient cycling, and the surprising soil test that showed higher…
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