Terminating forages can be a real challenge for producers.
Bryan Nybo, Farm Manager for Wheatland Conservation Area, was in Saskatoon last week to talk about the issue as part of the Agri-Arm Research Site Updates at Crop Production Week.
Nybo says they released information on trials focused on various methods of terminating forages in preparation for an annual crop.
"Basically, we looked at three methods," he said. "A full mechanical tillage, a chemical termination method, so using glyphosate as a termination herbicide, and a combination of those two."
Nybo says there are pros and cons to any method, adding that the key thing to remember is that you want to make sure you grow your annual crop the year after you terminate that forage stand.
"If you terminate in the spring, you have to follow up with tillage for the whole year," he added. "If you try to seed a crop into that right away, you could have problems with regrowth, and poor seed and soil contact, so the best time to grow your annual crop is the year after you terminate it."