Make hay when the sun shines. That’s a saying that means exactly what is says. “When it’s go time, it’s all hands on deck,” ...

The Freeland family has created their own spin on a fall classic, all with the goal of teaching the community about the important of cover crops and soil health.

Including NRCS conservation practice procedures in the updated 2024 GFP guidelines removes one barrier to cover crop adoption for RMA insurance users. Cover crops financed under NRCS programs may be ...

Rather, you'll plant a cover crop in the spring or fall when and if the ground is bare. In some instances, with specific crops like corn, you can plant it at the same time to reduce weeds.

A cover crop is any plant grown for the primary purpose of improving the soil. Since the early 1900s, farmers have used cover crops to restore fertility to worn-out land.

Sow the four best summer cover crops for fast-growing, weed-suppressing soil builders in any patch possible, even during your prime gardening season.

State hay market reports from the U.S. Department of Agriculture-Market News Service reporters for the week ending July 13.

Cover crops benefit farms by adding soil organic carbon (carbon from organic matter in soils), improving soil health, reducing soil erosion, cycling nutrients and converting nitrogen to forms ...

CORVALLIS, Ore. – No one wants to think of harvest’s end as the vegetable garden reaches peak, but now’s the time to plant over-winter cover crops to improve your soil for next season.

In 2021, the U.S. government followed Iowa’s model with the Pandemic Cover Crop Program by offering farmers around the nation a $5 per acre subsidy for crop insurance if planting cover crops.

State-By-State Hay Summary, as reported by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Market News Service, for the week ending April 27.