Different cover crops may affect how plants defend themselves against pests—including by attracting more insects that eat ...

Growing vegetables can strip your soil of nutrients that next year's plants need. Reinvigorate your veggie beds with these ...

Cover crops like cereal rye help suppress waterhemp, but pair them with residual herbicides and timely postemergence ...

Aboveground living cover crops protect the soil from the impact of rainfall and reduce the effects of wind. Runoff is ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — 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 ...

One of the tasks you can complete before spring is planting cover crops. February is a perfect time to broadcast some seeds and coat the ground with plants that benefit the soil in the long run. The ...

For beginners, the guide recommends “winter-kill” species that naturally die off during cold winter temperatures.

Farmers across the state are rapidly incorporating cover crops in their corn and soybean fields, said Rob Myers, the director ...

Promoting early season plant cover, primarily through the use of cover crops, can be more effective at reducing pest density and crop damage than insecticide applications, according to a Penn ...

A North Carolina State University study suggests that cover crops – or crops grown in between cash-crop seasons – can help keep Midwestern soil drier and healthier, thereby preventing losses incurred ...

Daikon radishes used as a cover crop. (Photo: Edwin Remsberg/SARE) Producers can break even in as little as two years But seed, planting costs challenge economics Landowners can frustrate farmers’ ...

Some days as a farmer it seems difficult to live in the season while planning and planting for the next season or even next ...