Planting and growing a strategic mix of cover crops not only reduces the loss of nitrogen from farm fields, protecting water quality in the Chesapeake Bay, but the practice also contributes nitrogen ...

When Henning sits down with a producer to discuss cover crops, he begins by asking questions about the reasons a producer wants to grow cover crops, along with what kind of problems he is having that ...

With the thought of prevented planting acres looming, preparing those acres for next year's crop will be important. Rather than leaving those acres fallow, getting a full-season cover crop planted ...

GIBBON, Minn. — One innovative young farmer isn't waiting for farm equipment companies to develop the perfect interseeder. Keith Hartmann, who grows corn and soybeans near Gibbon, is integrating cover ...

Researchers, in a recent study, were surprised to learn that they could take the exact same number of seeds from the same plants, put them in agricultural fields across the Mid-Atlantic region and get ...

Cover crops have been beneficial for managing wind or water erosion, increasing soil organic matter, aiding insect diversity, capturing moisture, managing soil temperature and reducing weed ...

The NRCS conservation practice standard – Cover Crop (340) supports using grasses, legumes, and forbs for seasonal vegetative cover. Cover crops can provide many soil health benefits such as reduced ...

Oats, daikon radish and legumes like vetch, fava or bell beans, as well as annual clovers, peas and wildflowers, will help replenish your soil. Even though daytime temperatures remain warm, the fall, ...

Before you put your garden to bed, consider giving it a winter blanket—aka, a cover crop. Sowed in the fall, these cold-hardy plants work hard to improve soil throughout winter by decreasing ...

New research from Iowa State University, that builds on research released last fall, finds that only 6.6 percent of cover ...

SALMON, Idaho — Grazing cover crops after grain is harvested in the same field can pay off even where the growing season is short, according to University of Idaho researchers. A UI Extension trial ...

Planting and growing a strategic mix of cover crops not only reduces the loss of nitrogen from farm fields, protecting water quality in the Chesapeake Bay, but the practice also contributes nitrogen ...