Keith Berns of Green Cover Seed discusses solving cover crop struggles amid challenges of moisture and timing.

Cereal-rye cover crops are known for their tremendous ability to scavenge from the soil two of the most important resources for plants – moisture and nutrients, namely nitrogen. That's good, says the ...

Cover crops improve soil health and water quality, prevent nutrient loss, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but they're only grown on about 5% of U.S. agricultural lands. That's despite billions in ...

Legume cover crops were effective only during the early season with a 47 percent reduction, while brassicas did not affect pigweed density. Cover crop residues remaining on the soil surface were more ...

Macauley Kincaid reconnects a hood to part of his mill Aug. 7 at his family farm in Jasper, Mo. Kincaid is the second generation in his family to farm crops for seed production. He still uses the same ...

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 ...

A panel of farmers discussed their experiences with cover crops and soil health at HPJ Live in Wichita, Kansas, this past ...

Human activities such as intensive farming and overgrazing are degrading soil nearly 1,000 times faster than natural processes. If this trend continues, global food production could drop by 10% by ...

Illinois farmers who planted cover crops this fall can once again earn a break on next year’s crop insurance premiums through ...

DES MOINES, Iowa, Sept. 28-- The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship issued the following news: Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig announced today that the Iowa Department of ...

DES MOINES, Iowa — Called cover crops, they top the list of tasks U.S. farmers are told will build healthy soil, help the environment and fight climate change. Yet after years of incentives and ...