Here’s the top six cover crops Midwest cattle farmers are using to stretch fall and winter grazing. Cereal rye is one of the top cover crops used in the U.S. for both agronomic and grazing. It is ...

An assessment of “regenerative agriculture” – which focuses on improving soils, producing food and increasing farmland ...

Planting dry beans into spring cover crops could be a measure to protect young plants from damaging weather conditions like ...

With cool-season vegetable crops going into the ground, many gardeners who ... The risk of this is exceptionally high with grassy cover crops — such as winter rye, annual rye, wheat, barley ...

The biggest challenges were getting cover crops planted on time, getting adequate fall growth before winter, and getting cover crops seeded before frost. How many years have the farmers cover cropped?

A successful harvest in orchard and vineyard crops begins with a viable spring bloom and fruit set. Given the importance of this stage of crop development, spring frosts during bloom and early fruit ...

We chatted as neighbours and organised the tasks while enjoying the time working together. The work was done, but the social networking was the bonus. I set the last of the spring crops on March 20. I ...

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 ...

At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation ... for example by growing cover crops on land over winter, had benefits for soil health and nature.

However, if you want a flowering ground cover that tolerates partial shade and moist but well-draining soil, consider Japanese anemone (Anemone x hybrida). While they're a little slow to establish, ...