Some cover crops can sequester nitrogen for the following corn crop, reducing the amount of applied nitrogen. “In our experience, nitrogen is still cheaper to buy,” Ferrie points out.

He measured how much the cover crops grew, how well the corn did by their side and how many weeds sprung up around them. Earlier this month, the co-op members gathered to hear from him.

Farmers used to plant "cover crops" to rejuvenate fields in the off season. As those were replaced with chemicals, the soil of America's farms suffered. Bringing back the old practice has ...

Corn crops have a voracious appetite for nitrogen. Purdue University scientists are investigating whether mulching Kura clover, a perennial legume, can provide sufficient nitrogen for corn, thus ...

Seiler cites two individuals who have been important mentors to him – David Brandt, an Ohio farmer who was a pioneer in the ...

Bazile Groundwater Management Area Project and Bow Creek Watershed Project are teaming up with Junior Pfanstiel to host a ...

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 ...

He raises corn and soybeans on 2,500 acres northwest of Indianapolis, and for the past 13 years, he’s worked to improve his soils, including sowing cover crops between seasons.

Incorporating cover crops into their regenerative farming system has been a learning process for the Riskedal family this ...

More information: Sailesh Sigdel et al, Can manure application method and timing with cover crops reduce NH 3 and N 2 O gas losses and sustain corn yield? Agronomy Journal (2024). DOI: 10.1002 ...

Farmers and researchers in Nebraska are reporting a resurgence of wheat stem maggots, a pest known to damage young corn. The small white maggots were first docu ...