Your cotton fields might benefit from several kinds of winter cover crops which can control erosion, manage nutrients, and improve soil health, including a crimson clover cover crop or even a vetch ...

Interrow cover crops, 'living mulches' for vegetables, were the focus of a session at the Northeast Ag Expo in Atlantic City, ...

Kansas State University researchers have found that grazing cover crops can improve soil health in no-till dryland cropping systems, addressing a key concern for producers in water-limited ...

No one knows who first invented the idea of using cover crops to protect soil in agriculture fields, but by 6000 B.C. farmers ...

According to the Iowa Nutrient Reduction Strategy, an initiative aimed at reducing nitrogen and phosphorus runoff into Iowa’s ...

Cover crops play an important role in protecting the soil and water when cash crops like corn or soybean are not actively growing. The National Conservation Service promoted the use of cover crops ...

A study led by researchers at the Agroecosystem Sustainability Center (ASC) at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign quantifies the soil organic carbon (SOC) benefits from cover crops in ...

SCHOOL. WE TOOK OVER THIS GROUND IN ABOUT 2008 AND SINCE THEN, KIMBERLY FAMILY FARMS HAS BEEN GROWING ALMONDS ACROSS ITS 45 ACRES. BUT WHILE ALMONDS ARE THE CASH CROP HERE, HERE’S THE THICK STUFF ...

Michael James is the Water Quality Initiative Coordinator at the Soil and Water Conservation District in Polk County. This spring, you may have passed farm fields that are green and lush with new ...

New research has found cover crops that are viable in Washington's normal "off season" don't hurt the soil and can be sold as a biofuel source. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest sci-tech news ...

Wondering how and when to terminate your cover crop? Perhaps planting green is right for you. This practice involves planting your corn or soybean crop directly into a cover crop like cereal rye or ...

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 ...