The agency said that most farmers in Taiwan practice continuous cropping, which can lead to long-term soil depletion.

Bakers, distillers and brewers are looking for grains grown with old-school techniques that help the planet and bring more flavor to your plate or glass.

Arable growers keen to get green cover established in double-quick fashion can now drill the seed as they harvest their cash crop, thanks to a collaboration between Geringhoff and Kverneland. The ...

Is the drive to cut applied nitrogen fertiliser inadvertently resulting in poorer cover and catch crop growth to the detriment of soil health? Evidence from cover crop trials on farms involved with ...

Cover crops are an often-cited tool when it comes to sustainable farming, but the practice also comes with plenty of logistical questions and differences in approach. How to get the cover into the ...

When thinking about the adoption of conservation practices, like cover crops, it is important to note two things. First, adoption rates have ebbs and flows; in other words, adoption does not ...

Once cash crops are harvested, some farmers plant winter cover crops. Cash crops are exactly that, crops sold for cash; and cover crops are exactly that, crops used for ground cover. In Teton Valley, ...

Mixing crops and animals on the farm is anything but new. Using crop residues for grazing and manure as fertilizer is a common practice, historically, but agriculture has shifted toward more ...

Cattle graze on a mix of plants that make up a cover crop on a field at the Rodale Institute in Marion on Oct. 3. The mix of plants are clover, radishes, Japanese millet and oats. According to a new ...

In the fall, you might be tempted to remove the dead plant material, till your garden soil a bit, and put your garden to bed for the winter without another thought. However, you can also grow cover ...

As we enter the fall season and begin preparing fields for the winter, this is the time to think about planting cover crops. Typically, most growers plant less than 5% of the vegetable ground with ...

Learn how to graze cover crops profitably in semi-arid regions. New fact sheets from Texas A&M AgriLife guide producers on forage selection, safety and economics. “Because of the many questions about ...