Greg Vermeersch - Double Cropping

Greg Vermeersch runs VanMeer farms, a large grain farm in the Tillsonburg area, and has been innovating with cover crops and no-till/strip-till on his sandy ground.

For his Living Lab – Ontario project, he is looking at double-cropping winter barley and soybeans. In one side of his field, he planted barley in twin 30” rows last fall and planted soybeans between the rows in late April. On the other side of the field, he planted and harvested barley as normal and planted beans July 15, after harvest.

He is curious to know which is more practical and cost-effective, and better understand the agronomic effects of inter-planting the two crops together. Follow him on Twitter or TikTok!

Planting beans April 2021

Greg planting intro

Planting beans

June 10 relay 2

June 10 relay 1

July 6 frosted beans

July 6 beans on knoll

July 15 harvesting barley 1

Tile to protect beans

Greg from the cab

July 15 Plant beans and harvest barley

July 15 harvesting barley 3

July 15 harvesting barley 2

July 15 beans

Roots and sidewall compaction

Combining beans Nov 8 2021

Nov 8 Double cropped beans

Nov 8 Relay cropped beans