When herbicide-resistant waterhemp began rewriting the rules of weed control for farmers in Illinois, Frank Rademacher didn’t respond by using more products. Instead, he doubled down on no-till and ...

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 ...

Cover crops can be a valuable tool for weed suppression—successfully competing with weeds for light, water, nutrients and space. As a result, new cover crop seed mixes are growing in popularity as a ...

To gain a better grasp on the growing interest in cover crops, the National Cover Crop Survey, in its seventh year, checked in with growers from across the country. Of the 795 respondents, 561 said ...

These basic principles are the foundation for cover crop success. Brush up on the types of cover crops, goal-setting, ...

Despite the Western Cape’s dry climate limiting traditional off-season cover cropping, farmers and researchers are finding ...

Overall, with good soil moisture, farmers could plant a forage cover crop species from July 10 to Aug. 10, with grazing ...

A cover crop can either become an asset or an expense. The difference lies in selecting species that work with your soils, climate, and maize rotation to deliver measurable benefits.

RUPERT, Idaho — The primary thing that drives decisions on Luke and Sara Adams’ farm is sugar beets. The couple owns shares in the grower-owned Amalgamated Sugar Co., which allows them to grow a ...

When it comes to adding carbon to the soil, all cover crops don't perform equally, according to a team of researchers whose new study revealed the disparity for the first time. The research, a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sergiy Akhundov / Getty Images Before you put your garden to bed, consider giving it a winter blanket—aka, a cover crop. Sowed in ...

American farmers continue to use more cover crops, despite lower commodity prices, a new national survey finds. “What we’re finding is that farmers already using cover crops are expanding their ...