Getting a good cover crop stand after harvest can be difficult, so farmers are inter-seeding cover crops early into standing corn. Benefits include erosion control, extra nitrogen from legumes or ...

Cover crops offer producers many soil health benefits, such as suppressing weeds, increasing organic matter, improving soil structure, reducing soil loss, increasing nutrient and water holding ...

Cover crops play an important role in protecting the soil and water when cash crops like corn or soybean are not actively growing. The National Conservation Service promoted the use of cover crops ...

KANAWHA, Iowa — An oat variety trial at the Iowa State University Northern Research and Demonstration Farm at Kanawha provided a good spot for a cover crop demonstration plot this fall. Iowa State ...

In this story, we explained how you farm in three environments. The physical environment is each field’s individual properties. The natural environment is climate and weather. The human environment ...

In order to improve soil heath and organic matter, vegetable gardeners should aim to have actively growing plants in the garden for 10 or eleven months each year. This is desirable because organisms ...