Cover crops are becoming more popular in the Midwest, primarily as a resource to help protect soil quality. But popular cover ...

URBANA – Cover crops, with their ability to reduce erosion and promote soil health, are being planted across more Midwestern land than ever. That’s according to new University of Illinois ...

Less than 6% of Illinois farmland uses cover crops. The soil in Illinois is famously fertile and much of the land is flat. The soil isn’t highly erodible like soil on a slope or a hill might be.

Cover crops have long-term benefits but can be expensive and require extra work. Crop yields may even decrease during the first few years. Cover crops cost roughly $35 to $40 an acre, and farmers ...

Cover crops help avoid soil erosion and runoff. Gov. JB Pritzker is proposing a 31% funding cut to a program that helps offset the cost for farmers.

DES MOINES, Iowa -- Called cover crops, they top the list of tasks U.S. farmers are told will build healthy soil, help the environment and fight climate change.

A combine harvests corn, Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2023, at a farm near Allerton, Ill. Cover crops top the list of tasks U.S. farmers are told will build healthy soil, help the environment and fight ...

Winter cover crops could reduce nitrogen in Illinois drainage water by 30% Peer-Reviewed Publication. University of Illinois College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences ...

For individual farmers, in some cases there is increased yield or decreased yield variability and sometimes decreased input ...

Called cover crops, they top the list of tasks U.S. farmers are told will build healthy soil, help the environment and fight climate change. Yet after years of incentives and encouragement ...