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 ...

Farmers, who were unable to get into their soggy fields to plant corn and soybeans due to record rainfall this spring, are not only faced with bags of seed they can't use, they are also looking for ...

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 ...

A decade ago, Keith and Brian Berns had heard about cover crops. Discussion of growing rye or radishes to cover and condition soil tended to pop up at the type of winter meetings held in makeshift ...

While most crops shut down for winter, this tough cold-season cover crop keeps digging deep and improving the ground until ...

Cover crops have been a great tool for many producers across Nebraska as they can be used for managing soil erosion, weeds, moisture accumulation, microbial activity and forage crops for livestock ...

Outdoor cannabis gardens lie at the mercy of the elements, and risk contaminating their surrounding environment with fertilizers and herbicides. Before you use chemicals on the farm, make sure to take ...

Arable growers keen to get green cover established in double-quick fashion can now drill the seed as they harvest their cash ...

Field experiments were conducted on a silty clay loam in Corvallis, OR during the summers of 1995 and 1996 to study the effects of soil solarization, spring-planted green manure crops, fumigation with ...