A private consultant and researcher says planting triticale as a winter forage is providing benefits for the environment and farmers’ bottom line.
Thomas Kilcer with Advanced Ag Systems LLC tells Brownfield winter forages can provide many of the benefits of cover crops like improving soil structure and health and can be used as a high-quality feed.
“A winter forage is a cover crop on steroids,” he says.
When comparing different crops like barley, wheat, cereal rye, and triticale, triticale has the highest protein value and allows for double cropping of corn or soybeans.
