In 2016, corn planted behind the three cover crops matched or outyielded corn that followed the double-cropped soybeans. The second chart shows what Farm Journal Field Agronomist Ken Ferrie calls ...

Wisconsin's winter wheat faces potential winterkill due to prolonged cold and minimal snow cover. Assessing stands in early spring is crucial for farmers to determine crop viability. Without snow's ...

This story was originally published by Grist with the headline Trump’s fertilizer tariffs could disrupt US crop production, ...

A nine-year study comparing a typical two-year corn and soybean rotation with a more intensive three-year rotation involving ...

Drone sprayers and now drone spreaders have become popular for applying agriculture inputs in Ohio. In the past couple of ...

Annual ryegrass is fast-growing and easier to establish by broadcast seeding than other grass cover crops. It needs to be planted earlier than cereal rye to get good fall cover. Ryegrass is conducive ...

As America’s farmers and ranchers face tighter margins, an Ohio farmer says prioritizing diversification in crop production could help strengthen producer profitability.  Fred Yoder says it is a ...

Vance Johnson and Andy Linder share the impact that using conservation practices has made on their farm economics.

Researchers from the Institute of Applied Ecology at the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Shenyang have found that adding cover crops to corn crops boosts nutrients in the soil and will help protect ...

A new University of Michigan study suggests cover crop mixtures improve farmland soil health while reducing carbon emissions better than traditional single-species cover crops. But farmers often ...

Liz Stahl, extension educator of crops from University of Minnesota Extension in Worthington explains things producers need to remember when adding cover crops and herbicides together on an operation.