It has been identified my man. False sunflower is a great forb in native grass mixes.
They come up native all over my place. I consider them similar to ragweed
I can see how it would be a difficult transition for a small farmer who lives on what he brings in yearly. A lot of risk and a bit like jumping right into the deep end.
Appears he hasn’t read up enough on cover crops and no till. At the least he should be using less passes with tractor not more.
I wouldn’t look at one farmers mistakes and say cover crops and no till are bad
It looks like some form of conservation farming is the norm, with complete no till farming approaching 50%.
https://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/chart-gallery/gallery/chart-detail/?chartId=105042