Blueberry sod also serves as an effective, eco-friendly ground cover that's arguably more functional than traditional grass.

India's annual monsoon rains covered the entire country on Sunday, nine days earlier than is typical, the weather department ...

More Midwestern farmers are planting off-season crops that help protect the soil and reduce fertilizer use. The next farm bill could make it easier to adopt this practice.

Planting ‘cover crops’ for the summer. WTVT. Thu, May 29, 2025 at 12:27 PM UTC. David Whitwam with Whitwam Organics joined Good Day to explain the benefits of “cover crops,” including ...

What is the plan for the vegetable garden this fall? Let it go fallow (unplanted)? A better option might be to plant a cover crop.

However, when planting green with non-legume cover crops, you will likely need to apply a higher-than-standard upfront nitrogen rate to help compensate for nitrate tie-up and cooler, slower-to ...

India's annual monsoon rains are set to cover the entire country within the next three to four days, over a week ahead of ...

URBANA – Cover crops, with their ability to reduce erosion and promote soil health, are being planted across more Midwestern land than ever. That’s according to new University of Illinois ...

Sunny, warm beautiful days are upon us, as we watch the crops and children grow we wonder where time has gone. It is hard to believe the time is here to start planning cover crop seeding for this ...

A field planted with cereal rye, one of the most common cover crops in Iowa. Photo by Ally Larson/Iowa State University. AMES, Iowa – Planting ground cover in fields between cash crop growing seasons ...

“No-till reduces soil erosion 80-90%,” DeLong said. Water health can be helped by edge-of-the-field practices such as ...