Cover cropping is not just for farming. Use this tried-and-tested technique in your vegetable garden or flower beds to enjoy richer, looser soil and fewer weeds.

Ferrie’s 10 years of cover crop strip trials usually produced negative ROIs. “Even if we didn’t lose yield, there was no additional yield to offset the cost of the cover crop,” he says.

Improving soil health of cropland using livestock and controlling buckbrush are among the topics that will be covered during ...

The recent Science paper showed that reduced tilling and increased cover cropping in particular led to comparable soil function on both organic and conventional farms.

Any conservation discussion will include cover cropping and conservation tillage use at the forefront. According to the 2022 Census of Agriculture, conservation tillage, including no-till, is used on ...

A recent U of M study using cereal rye as a cover crop in soybeans, co-authored by Yu and Debalin Sarangi, Extension weed scientist, showed that cover crop seeding rates of 60, 90 and 120 pounds ...

If you want to learn more about best practices in your lawns, gardens, or yards, come to the Healthy Yards Expo at the Shawnee Civic Center from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. March 29. Purchase native plants ...

Results from the annual Iowa Nutrient Research & Education Council crop survey show Iowa farmers planted more than 3.8 million acres of cover crops in the 2023 crop year.

Regenerative farming practices like cover cropping and no-till can enhance soil organic carbon and mitigate greenhouse gases, but often reduce crop yields, especially in drier regions.