Farmers add cover crops to a rotation to provide living, seasonal soil cover between the planting of two cash (commodity) or forage crops. Including cover crops in a rotation can provide benefits such ...

Researchers find that diversifying crops and integrating livestock improves farm efficiencies and ecosystem services in the ...

By RHIANNON BRANCH FarmWeek Many Illinois wheat fields, some now covered in snow, looked good heading into winter and the ...

Low grain prices, increasing input costs, and solid cattle prices are prompting producers to evaluate crop production systems ...

VERNON – Interest in using cover crops to improve soil health continues to grow in the Texas Rolling Plains region, but the nagging concern of reductions in soil moisture and effects on yields of ...

Cover crops are planted to hold soil in place and provide residue and nutrients for winter wheat planted in the fall. DeLaune studied varieties as well as termination timing of cover crops, including ...

The row on the right exhibits no signs of wheat stem maggot infestation; it was not planted into a cover crop. The corn row on the left was planted into a cover crop. That demonstrates how closely ...

MITCHELL, S.D. -- While corn and soybeans are the dominant crops in South Dakota, Chris Nebelsick knows the importance of turnips and radishes. Although the practice isn't widespread, some local ...

The drought situation across much of the Plains hasn’t improved this year; instead, the latest U.S. Drought Monitor shows it’s growing worse. Now, farmers across a state that typically accounts for 25 ...

How can you seed a cover crop without losing ground on the actual cash crop or adding another task to an already jam-packed ...

NORTHERN MICHIGAN (WPBN/WGTU) -- Wheat is an important part of Michigan's economy year-round. Winter wheat grows between the fall and mid-summer. Meteorologist Trevor Roubadeaux takes a look at how ...