A living mulch based on the perennial crop lucerne is allowing Danish farmer and agronomist Frederik Larsen to harvest more sunlight and produce two crops ...

Cover crops may also be sown after harvest, or in place of a fallow. Successfully established cover crops can develop sufficiently dense canopies in the fall to interfere with growth of perennial and ...

A living mulch based on the perennial crop lucerne is allowing ... but has since found it to be more reliable than the use of cover crops and also helps to improve water retention, as well as ...

One of the most effective strategies to maintain and enhance soil health during this transitional period is the use of cover crops. Cover crops are plants specifically grown to cover the soil ...

Soil scientists have repeatedly shown that cover crops reduce erosion, but an analysis by a team led by Wenjuan Huang, an assistant professor of ecology, evolution and organismal biology ...

With cool-season vegetable crops going into the ground, many gardeners who ventured into cover cropping last autumn may ask a familiar question: What do I do now? Their crops have fulfilled their ...

Some cover crops can sequester nitrogen for the following corn crop, reducing the amount of applied nitrogen. “In our experience, nitrogen is still cheaper to buy,” Ferrie points out.

Planting dry beans into spring cover crops could be a measure to protect young plants from damaging weather conditions like wind or hail. Dry beans are susceptible to damage from wind and other ...

In a couple of weeks, Perennial will release their ’60s-inspired EP Perennial ’65. The band shared the “title track” earlier this month, and now they’re back with a cover of the Kinks ...