-E. Taylor
This week we began planting for the OREI organic dry bean project looking at how cover crops influence nitrogen availability, dry bean and weed emergence, disease and insect pressure and yields. We kicked off planting on June 12th at the Student Organic Farm on campus. The soil is very dry, so we are hoping to get some rain soon to encourage emergence. Next week we will be planting at the Kellogg Biological Station and the four on-farm trials should be planted within the next week or so also.
