Plan your cover crop termination strategy now. Consider species mix, weather conditions and nutrient management for best ...

Cover crops play an important role in protecting the soil and water when cash crops like corn or soybean are not actively growing. The National Conservation Service promoted the use of cover crops ...

A new cover crop survey is now open for prairie farmers and agronomists. Cover crops are plants grown in between or after ...

Among cover crop types, grasses and mixtures reduced pigweed density by 60 percent and 77 percent in early season, 53 percent and 59 percent in midseason, and 44 percent and 47 percent in late season.

Maybe after you finish your vegetable harvest, you mentally say, “I’m done this year,” and wait to start again next year. But a cover crop could benefit you in several ways. By researching now, you ...

Your cotton fields might benefit from several kinds of winter cover crops which can control erosion, manage nutrients, and improve soil health, including a crimson clover cover crop or even a vetch ...

Planting cover crops ahead of corn can be tricky but is not impossible. Learn which species work, which don’t and how much ...

Conservation methods can help rejuvenate farmland, but the startup cost and uncertain results mean a risk many farmers still aren't willing to take. The University of Missouri Center for Regenerative ...

August 27, 2021 Add as a preferred source on Google Add as a preferred source on Google When the season changes and your summer plants are gone, your soil begs for some sort of protection from the ...