Cereal Rye

Cereal Rye is the most winter hardy cereal and it is most productive during the winter and its best use is for winter pasture and soil improvement. It is very beneficial as a cover crop prior to soybeans.

Contains compounds that are toxic to many weed species including pigweeds and Marestail
These same toxins are also inhibitory to sorghum however
Cereal rye should not be used as a cover crop prior to sorghum
Perhaps a bad word in a wheat producing area, rye does bring some positive factors to the cover crop and forage world
A winter hardy, productive cool season grass, rye brings some allelopethic affects for weed control benefits
Although not as high in feed quality as triticale or wheat, rye does produce good tonnage for forage use