Farmers are working on fitting cover crops into every phase of their rotation to achieve multiple goals. One practice, which is of interest but is not well evaluated, is growing cover crops along with ...

About three dozen people went to the Clay County Fair and Events Center in Spencer on Thursday for the first Northwest Iowa ...

Using a cover crop following a short-season cash crop, like wheat or pea, is a great way to get on the fast track for achieving on-farm soil health building goals. There is a window of opportunity to ...

‘Prosperity,’ customer pressure help stir cover crop interest The ‘yo-yo’ principle of managing cover crops Is USDA overpromoting cover crops? This is the first part of a four-part series examining ...

OFF AN HOUR, 12 HOUR FORECAST ROB. JULI, A WAY TO HELP FARMERS WEATHER THE DROUGHT AND SEVERE STORMS LIKE WE’VE HAD THIS YEAR MAY LIE BELOW GROUND NEAR EAGLE. UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA RESEARCHERS ...

A free new online tool helps Western growers choose cover crops species based on their unique situations and goals.

In order to improve soil heath and organic matter, vegetable gardeners should aim to have actively growing plants in the garden for 10 or eleven months each year. This is desirable because organisms ...

Planting cover crops after corn and soybeans are harvested combats erosion, builds soil, sequesters carbon and protects water surface runoff. Submitted photo Agriculture and conservation go hand in ...

Carbon capture is the effective use of storing carbon in soil, resulting when carbon gains are more than carbon losses. With ...

Winter is anything but a “slow” season in agriculture. Delaware’s winter months are as vital as spring’s planting, summer’s growth and autumn’s harvest. Winter is the time to cover up. For thousands ...

Only a fraction of conventional row crop farmers grow cover crops after harvest, but a new global analysis from the University of Illinois shows the practice can boost soil microbial abundance by 27%.