A new University of Michigan study suggests cover crop mixtures improve farmland soil health while reducing carbon emissions better than traditional single-species cover crops. But farmers often ...

Dubuque County Watersheds'cover crop seeding program is returning for its second year.The program provides farmers with an opportunity to explore cover croppin ...

To read their full accounts, visit bit.ly/cover-crop-lessons. After using the wrong cover crop mix and planting method for his northwest Iowa ground, Recker drilled cereal rye in 2014 and hasn’t ...

To gain a better grasp on the growing interest in cover crops, the National Cover Crop Survey, in its seventh year, checked in with growers from across the country. Of the 795 respondents, 561 ...

The cover crop protected the soil from erosion and provided about a ... Including rapidly decomposing legume crops in the mix helps alleviate the latter problem. The allelopathic effect may inhibit ...

They include the Indiana Organic Crop Improvement Association ... Its nutrient sources are limited to manure and cover crops such as vetch and legumes which fix nitrogen. Complicated rotation ...