The temperatures are on the rise, and it is great to see the fields getting some more color. The green from cover crops above the ground is just as beautiful as the benefits cover crops create below ...

An overarching goal for planting cover crops is to produce as much biomass as possible during the growing window. Higher levels of cover crop biomass will reduce soil erosion, inhibit weed growth, and ...

Iowa Farmer Mark Jackson planting soybeans into cereal rye. Photo courtesy of Iowa Soybean Association More than half of farmers who seeded their cash crop into a growing cover crop last year — a ...

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 ...

Hairy vetch (Vicia villosa) blooming. What are cover crops and how do they build soil? Follow these planting methods and reliable cover crop options to solar-charge your soil and improve soil ...

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 ...

WEST CONCORD, Minn. — Until recently, cover crops weren't on the forefront of many producers' minds in the Upper Midwest. Now, with efforts to improve water quality and decrease nutrient loss from the ...

Unverferth Manufacturing Co., Inc. announces the addition of a mounted cover crop seeder for its Rolling Harrow soil conditioner to provide time-saving, one-pass planting of these profit-enhancing ...

A lot of planting and agronomic decisions are being made across corn and soybean country this week. Ken Ferrie, Farm Journal Field Agronomist, offers his thoughts and recommendations on how to address ...

If you know your soil is full of all the nutrients you need, find a quick-growing crop to hold the soil in place. Grains, ...