Slurry-Seeding Synergy | New One-Pass System Combines Light Tillage, Manure Application, Cover-Crop Seeding

Blight Farms slurry seeding details

 

Cover crops seeded:

       •12 lbs./acre oilseed radish

       •2 bu./acre oats plus 2 lb./acre forage turnip

Manure rate:

       •3,000 gal./acre swine manure

Planting methods:

       •Slurry seeding

       •Drilled with manure application and aeration tillage over the top

Slurry seeding cost savings:

       •2 gal./acre fuel

       •0.35 hr/acre

Watch YouTube videos of slurry seeding at Blight Farms and Bloom Dairy at:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=3st0qZ_3vH0

www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzvr5miXxZ8

www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUbfg0PXX2M