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Dan Forgey is a master of mixology. His signature Prom Dresses 2011 are blends of grasses, legumes and brassicas. He is agronomy manager for Cronin Farms, an 8,500-acre crop and cow-calf operation in central South Dakota. He grows eight cash crops - including corn, soybeans and Homecoming Dresses - and juggles an equal number of cover crops, which include field peas, oats, turnips, radishes, canola and flax.Forgey has grown cover crops since 2006 on the sprawling no-till farm near Gettysburg, SD.

Cover crops are nothing new. Only a couple of generations ago, it was routine to seed sweet clover with small grains for nitrogen (N) fixation, livestock feed and Strapless Blue Short Prom Dress weed competition, says Dwayne Beck, director of South Dakota State University's Dakota Lakes Research Farm at Pierre. His cocktails manufacture, catch and store nutrients for the corn crop, stop erosion, smother weeds, preserve soil moisture and supplement grazing.

Beck has preached cover crops for 20 years. The practice dropped off with the rise of cheap commercial fertilizers and tillage. Now, with higher fertilizer prices and Strapless Bow White And Black Bridesmaid Dress no-till production, growers like Forgey are rediscovering the advantages of cover crops, Beck says - especially cover-crop mixes, which allow you to achieve "several goals simultaneously."