The latest iteration of the National Cover Crop Survey is the 8th in the research series, which began in 2012.
While corn and soybean farmers deal with narrow margins, Oregon forage growers battle depressed grass seed values amid reduced Chinese purchases.
Establishing winter cover crops after or between harvests can be a great way to preserve soil structure, protect against erosion and produce biomass that feeds the soil ecology. However, if you’re in ...
March 20, Cover Crops Field Day, Zanesville Aug. 5, Soil Health, Allen Dean Farm, Bryan Aug. 18, From Dirt to Healthy Soil, Lima Sept. (TBA), MVP Dairy, Celina Dec. 2, Ohio No-till Conf., Plain City ...
No matter the type of farm, there’s an advantage to planting soil-feeding cover crops ahead of fall and winter. The assistance provided depends on the crops you plant. But there is definitely one out ...
Cereal rye is a go-to cover crop for many producers, including organic growers looking to avoid a chemical method of weed control. Eric Yu is a University of Minnesota Extension educator on crops ...
Farmers, livestock producers and gardeners interested in improving soil health and learning more about cover crop systems for soil health and livestock nutrition are invited to attend a ...
Inside a barn in southwest Missouri, Macauley Kincaid operates a massive contraption of wood and metal affixed with pipes, pulleys and wheels. "This was like state of the art for its time. I mean, ...
This field day aims to equip attendees with best management practices for establishing and managing cover crops as an ...
The future of farming may look a lot like its past as local growers dug into a back-to-basics approach gaining during a recent Niagara County Farm Bureau event. The local agriculture community ...
Idaho ranchers Jim and Diane Meeks gave up their BLM allotment 25 years ago and grew more forage on their own land.
Hannah Voye, former master’s student at South Dakota State University shared her research of soil tarping during the South ...