Modern technology can help producers “double dip” by establishing cover crops earlier in the season and achieve both fall and ...

White clover serves as the premier living mulch system over any other legume. It is robust, resilient and competitive. It produces nice, green walkways and builds soils. It outcompetes weeds, is easy ...

If you want to promote higher populations of beneficial insects, cull your buckwheat crops within 20 days of flowering. If ...

WASHINGTON — Agricultural producers with crop insurance can hay, graze or chop cover crops for silage, haylage or baleage at any time and still receive 100% of the prevented planting payment, the U.S.

‘Prosperity,’ customer pressure help stir cover crop interest The ‘yo-yo’ principle of managing cover crops Is USDA overpromoting cover crops? This is the first part of a four-part series examining ...

Millborn launches its newest seed brand: Renovo, which markets a lineup of 80 proprietary forage, cover crop and conservation seed mixes. Renovo seed mixes will be available via a network of seed ...

This is the third part of a four-part series examining the promise of cover crops, the potential for them to meet the nation’s environmental goals that rest on their success, and the possible pitfalls ...

When it comes to the most beneficial cover crops farmers can use to suppress weeds and increase production values, scientists have found that forage radish is at the top of the list, according to new ...

Aaron Lehman is the president of the Iowa Farmers Union and is a fifth-generation farmer from central Iowa. Iowa is a nationwide leader in a conservation practice known as cover cropping. For nearly a ...

Colorado—In the April 25 report, compared to the last report, trade activity light on light to moderate demand. Stable hay sold mostly steady. Missouri—In the April 25 report, compared to last report, ...

Iowa is launching a first-in-the-country “good farmer discount” for cover crops through crop insurance premiums, which could become a model for the nation. It will provide a small, $5 per-acre ...