To support cover crop adoption in the Midwest, Practical Farmers of Iowa and the Iowa Soybean Association are excited to offer their Cover Crop Business Accelerator (CCBA) program.

The Maryland Department of Agriculture announced this year’s Cover Crop Sign-Up will run from June 23 through July 17.The popular conservation program provides ...

Researchers have developed a new model that can suggest the optimal conditions for farmers to plant cover crops, or crops grown in between cash-crop seasons, to help ensure long-term cash-crop ...

This spreadsheet can be used to examine whether it is beneficial to use a cover crop. When evaluating cover crop use, we typically compare the potential improvement in crop yields, and fertilizer and ...

Cover crops can be interseeded into planted row crops, providing grazing later in the fall/winter for cattle. Photo credit: Connor Biehler Cover crop inter-seeding refers to the practice of planting a ...

Cover crops offer benefits like increased soil organic matter, erosion control, and weed suppression. However, to maximize these benefits and avoid interference with the subsequent cash crop a ...

If your yard looks a little drab, upgrading it doesn’t have to break the bank. From adding a mulch garden path to ...

The timely planting of cover crops for maximum biomass has typically been limited to post-harvest or aerial inter-seeding, followed by the hope of rain for stand establishment.

If you are not planting a fall garden, you may want to consider a winter cover crop. A cover crop is a crop specifically planted to protect the soil from erosion, suppress weeds, maintain soil ...

As with any cover crop, deciding when to terminate is a balancing act between maximizing the benefits of the cover crop and minimizing the difficulty of termination and other adverse effects. One of ...

Cover crops have many potential benefits for vegetable cropping systems. Incorporating cover crop biomass into the soil can add organic matter and improve tilth. Cover crops can increase macropores ...