Crimson clover is a fine cover crop to use, but it is getting too late to plant it.

While farmers plant millions acres of plants like rye and clover to boost soil health and crowd out weeds, a cover crop does the same thing in the smallest home garden. With cover crops, a ...

Ferrie: Farmer Asks How to Use Red Clover as a Cover to Reduce Nitrogen Rates and Costs Red clover can fix nitrogen, suppress weeds and improve crop yields. Based on test plot research in Illinois ...

CORVALLIS, Ore. – No one wants to think of harvest’s end as the vegetable garden reaches peak, but now’s the time to plant over-winter cover crops to improve your soil for next season.

Do you know the difference between a ground cover and a cover crop? The answer matters if you want the best way to get rid of weeds in your yard and garden.

MINOT, N.D. (KMOT) - Minot State and volunteer partners planted red clover as a cover crop around the former site of Erik Ramstad Middle School. It’s part of their Plum River Native Prairie ...

It’s difficult to overstate the benefits of a cover crop for your garden. In addition to helping replenish the nitrogen in your soil, cover crops also act as habitat for a healthy garden ...

When the Southern Cover Crops Council held its annual conference recently in Baton Rouge, I was fortunate to sit in on panel discussions with farmers and specialty crops (vegetables, fruits, ...

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Since we know it’s going to happen, let’s talk about a couple of things that often get overlooked that could help us out next year: crop rotation and cover crops.

The cover crop grows just a few inches before winter comes and then goes dormant. In the spring it starts growing again while the fields are warming and drying before farmers plant.