I-COVER was established by a United States Department of Agriculture Natural Resource Conservation Service Regional ...

The director of the Illinois Department of Agriculture says farmers in three states can now pre-enroll for a new cover crop ...

The Illinois Department of Agriculture has secured $7 million in funding from the USDA to launch the Infield Conservation for ...

SPRINGFIELD, IL The Illinois Department of Agriculture (IDOA) secured a $7 million USDA grant to launch I-COVER, the Infield ...

Unverferth Manufacturing Co., Inc. announces the addition of a mounted cover crop seeder for its Rolling Harrow soil conditioner to provide time-saving, one-pass planting of these profit-enhancing ...

In a 2015 strip trial on a central Illinois farm, three cover crop mixtures were planted behind a wheat crop, next to the grower’s normal double-crop soybeans. In 2016, corn planted behind the ...

The Illinois Department of Agriculture (IDOA) is launching a new program thanks in part to a hefty grant. IDOA was able to ...

Depending on your location in southern Illinois on January 5, freezing rain and/or sleet gradually turned to ... showed no signs of limb breakage from the weight of the ice. The cover crops in the ...

An extension crops educator sees cover crops as a compliment to other weed control tactics. Liz Stahl with the University of Minnesota says herbicides remain the most effective tool for managing weeds ...