No matter the type of farm, there’s an advantage to planting soil-feeding cover crops ahead of fall and winter. The assistance provided depends on the crops you plant. But there is definitely one out ...

‘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 ...

Winter can be brutal on your garden soil. What was once rich, lively earth can turn into a hard, lifeless slab by the time spring arrives. But there’s hope—and it comes in the form of a cover crop ...

CLARA CITY, MINN. - Winter can come hard to the Minnesota prairie, but never so early that cover crops cannot be used to improve and protect the soil. "We do have the potential here,'' said Holly ...

Researchers have discovered that using cover crops as "living mulch" between rows of maize can significantly improve soil health and nutrient cycling, offering a sustainable approach to agricultural ...

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 ...

Inside a barn in southwest Missouri, Macauley Kincaid operates a massive contraption of wood and metal affixed with pipes, pulleys and wheels. "This was like state of the art for its time. I mean, ...

Feb. 18—The University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources Cooperative Extension will host a healthy soils, cover crops and conservation in the Sacramento Valley field day in coordination ...

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It is more common for Ohio to experience soil erosion via concentrated surface water leaving fields. The energy of raindrops ...

Trimont crop consultant Stephan Melson, left, and Odin farmer Tom Peterson load a planter with corn seed near Butterfield, in southwestern Minnesota, in late April. Credit: MinnPost photo by Gregg ...

The Illinois Department of Agriculture is opening applications for its I-COVER program beginning in April.