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PFI Research on Roller Crimping Cover Crops

A roller-crimper presents the opportunity to mechanically terminate cover crops with less herbicides or tillage by simultaneously laying the cover crop flat on the ground and crushing the stem.

Determining when and how best to use roller-crimpers has been a subject of interest in PFI’s Cooperators’ Program for the past seven years. In 2023, five cooperators conducted on-farm research on roll-crimping a cereal rye cover crop ahead of soybeans:

• In-Row Roll-Crimping Cereal Rye Cover Crop Seeded in Twin-Rows Ahead of Soybeans
• Timing of Roll-Crimping a Cereal Rye Cover Crop

Check out these other research trials on roller crimping to learn more about this practice:

• Soybean Maturities in Delayed Termination Rye
• Timing of Roll-Crimping Rye Cover Crop and Planting Soybeans
• Soybean Row-Width and Seeding Date When Using a Roller-Crimper for Cereal Rye Cover Crop
• Roll-Crimping Cover Crops and Soybean Seeding Date
• Rolling Cover Crops and Soybean Row-Width