Wondering how and when to terminate your cover crop? Perhaps planting green is right for you. This practice involves planting your corn or soybean crop directly into a cover crop like cereal rye ...

Let's dive into these 12 essential tips to ensure your cover crop planting is a success! Selecting a cover crop that thrives in your specific climate is crucial for successful growth. Native ...

CORVALLIS, Ore. – No one wants to think of harvest’s end as the vegetable garden reaches peak, but now’s the time to plant over-winter cover crops to improve your soil for next season.

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 ...

ROCHESTER, Minn. (KTTC) – The University of Minnesota Extension and the Olmsted County Soil and Water Conservation District hosted an educational event for farmers Monday morning, teaching a spring ...

You can learn why you may see farmers planting crops into other crops this year in the name of conservation. For the last several years, members of Peninsula Pride Farms have "planted green" in hopes ...

Adding cover crops into rotations helps keep soil in place when cash crops aren’t growing. This limits erosion and helps keep waterways free from sediment. When we’re growing more than one crop at ...

There was a more positive impact found from integrating livestock into arable fields – for example growing cover crops that sheep could then graze on – in suppressing weeds, disease and pests ...