Researchers found that adding cover crops to corn crops boosts nutrients in the soil and will help protect against food ...

Interseeding cover crops can be an effective and timely way to establish cover crops in cornfields here in Minnesota.

Too wet for planting? Let’s talk cover crops. Is it just me, or does it seem like we’re living in the middle of a wetland? It has been common this spring to see farmers skirting around ...

The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) recently concluded the third application cycle for its Crop Insurance Premium Rebates for Planting Cover Crops program.

The problem of “not seeing the forest for the trees” may have a solution with 3-D technology being used to estimate biomass ...

The second chart shows what Farm Journal Field Agronomist Ken Ferrie calls the opportunity cost — the difference in net profit over the two years that resulted from planting the cover crops and ...

An extension crops educator sees cover crops as a compliment to other weed control tactics. Liz Stahl with the University of Minnesota says herbicides remain the most effective tool for managing weeds ...

Cereal Rye for Cover Cropping in Organic Farming (from “Managing Cover Crops Profitably”) - Rye is the best cool-season cereal cover for absorbing unused soil N. It has no taproot, but rye’s ...

Annual ryegrass is fast-growing and easier to establish by broadcast seeding than other grass cover crops. It needs to be planted earlier than cereal rye to get good fall cover. Ryegrass is conducive ...

Study shows that a higher seeding rate of cover crops often provides no benefit and adds costs in soybean fields.