Becerra-Alvarez’s research began with an oat-crimson clover mixture -- 80 pounds per acre of oat to 40 pounds per acre of ...

A DJI Agras was used to spread cover crops over standing soybeans. Cover crop mixes varied and were compared against the same mixes drilled after harvest. Several demonstrations are planned across the ...

In this video, Anne of All Trades shares various gardening tips and techniques, emphasizing lazy gardening methods. Key ...

Cover cropping involves growing various plant varieties between cash crop rotations to ensure continuous soil coverage. This practice improves soil water infiltration, builds soil organic matter, ...

Establishing winter cover crops after or between harvests can be a great way to preserve soil structure, protect against erosion and produce biomass that feeds the soil ecology. However, if you’re in ...

Cereal rye is a go-to cover crop for many producers, including organic growers looking to avoid a chemical method of weed control. Eric Yu is a University of Minnesota Extension educator on crops ...

WASHINGTON, Sept. 23, 2015 - Corn and soybean farmers in several Midwestern states are using state cost-share programs and the age-old method of trial and error as ...

Producers can break even in as little as two years But seed, planting costs challenge economics Landowners can frustrate farmers’ cover crop hopes This is the second part of our four-part series ...

My farm is in Allamakee and Winneshiek Counties, which is about as far north and east as you can go without leaving Iowa. Being so far north, I deal with a short season and fewer options for cover ...

Farms across Dane County are planting their crops from high in the sky this September in an effort to improve water quality. Farms in DeForest, Waunakee, Sun Prairie and Fitchburg are participating in ...