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 ...

Put your garden to work over winter by planting a cover crop this fall. Covering the soil with plants that are turned into the soil or smothered and allowed to decompose in spring provides many ...

WOOLSTOCK, Iowa — For six months of the year much of Iowa’s soil is bare, which can result in erosion and leaching of nitrogen and phosphorus, said Sarah Carlson, research and policy director for ...

As Midwest farmers prepare for another growing season, a familiar question is resurfacing across the Corn Belt: when is the ...

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 ...

Kansas State University researchers have found that grazing cover crops can improve soil health in no-till dryland cropping systems, addressing a key concern for producers in water-limited ...

Although cover crops -- mixtures of wheat, root vegetables and grasses that provide benefits to soil -- have been around for decades, Friday was the first time a field day was devoted to them at ...

WAUKON, Iowa - Kerry Troendle, of Waukon, had drilled cereal rye, wheat or a wheat-rye mix into 20 acres of soybean ground after harvest for three years for soil conservation and to provide additional ...

Farmers who planted cover crops in 2020 are eligible for a premium benefit from most crops insurance policies, as part of the Pandemic Cover Crop Program, offered by USDA’s Risk Management Agency. All ...

SALMON, Idaho — Grazing cover crops after grain is harvested in the same field can pay off even where the growing season is short, according to University of Idaho researchers. A UI Extension trial ...