What’s cover cropping all about, anyway? As with many eco initiatives, what was old is new again: Cover crops (or fallow season plantings; see more below) were first used during the Roman Empire as a ...

While cover crops alone can reduce Palmer amaranth, combining them with herbicides provides the most consistent control. In high-biomass scenarios, growers may be able to reduce or skip the ...

‘Prosperity,’ customer pressure help stir cover crop interest The ‘yo-yo’ principle of managing cover crops Is USDA overpromoting cover crops? This is the first part of a four-part series examining ...

Using a cover crop following a short-season cash crop, like wheat or pea, is a great way to get on the fast track for achieving on-farm soil health building goals. There is a window of opportunity to ...

A combine harvests corn, Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2023, at a farm near Allerton, Ill. Cover crops top the list of tasks U.S. farmers are told will build healthy soil, help the environment and fight climate ...

Cattle graze on a mix of plants that make up a cover crop on a field at the Rodale Institute in Marion on Oct. 3. The mix of plants are clover, radishes, Japanese millet and oats. According to a new ...

ROCHESTER, Minn. — A growing number of producers in southeast Minnesota have started using cover crops, and the next step is maximizing the potential of them. "We're probably seeing 15% of the farms ...

Winter is anything but a “slow” season in agriculture. Delaware’s winter months are as vital as spring’s planting, summer’s growth and autumn’s harvest. Winter is the time to cover up. For thousands ...

Over the past several years, the use of cover crops in conservation practices and sustainable agricultural production has continued to increase. As the pressure to farm more environmentally friendly ...

Farmers planting cover crops for better water filtration and weed suppression also have to factor in the challenges, which include time, cost, risk and labor. Doug Adams, who farms in north-central ...

By Olivia Cohen for The Cedar Rapids Gazette and Wisconsin Watch. Broadcast version by Mark Richardson for Iowa News Service reporting for the Mississippi River Basin Ag and Water Desk-Public News ...