Undersowing catch crops in cereals

• Higher yields in grass-clover leys due to earlier devel-opment \n• Better establishment in dry summers \n• Seamless transition from cereals to grass-clover ley without ploughing or other soil tillage. \n• After a few weeks, the fully-grown ley can be used for cutting or grazing. \n• Rather well suppressing of annual weeds \n \nPractical recommendation \n• In spring (March/April), between tillering and bolting of the cereal, the catch crop is undersown (pref-erable before a wet period, since the crop cannot be rolled.). \n• The catch crop is best sown with a seeder for grass-clover in combination with a harrow passage. \n• Several clover mixtures are possible; farms without livestock may also use only white or red clover.