Cover Crop Conversations: Farmer-to-Farmer Insights Across Illinois is back for another exclusive session with questions and ...

The likelihood of seeing a benefit from planting a cover crop, however, is closely related to the amount of biomass produced ...

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

DECATUR, Ill. (WCIA) — The Farm Progress Show is next week in Decatur, and one of the things expected to be discussed is cover crops. Cover crops are planted to cover the soil, not to be harvested.

Regenerative agriculture methods, such as cover crops, are one way farmers try to improve the health of their overworked soil ...

The use of cover crops in Iowa has expanded significantly in recent years. The conservation practice, which has been shown to reduce erosion and enhance soil health, is promoted by the state through ...

This is a story about cover crops, but first a little history lesson for those of you who are not old enough to remember what they are (which is most of us at this point). The Great Dust Bowl of the ...

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 ...

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 ...

A new five-year study is quantifying the benefits of conservation practices such as cover cropping using data from farmers across Wisconsin. Researchers say the project is one of the region’s most ...

With cool-season vegetable crops going into the ground, many gardeners who ventured into cover cropping last autumn may ask a familiar question: What do I do now? Their crops have fulfilled their ...

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