A friend from church asked me, “Is there any cover crop to plant in the spring?” Traditionally, most home gardeners only plant cover crops in the fall. Spring plantings of cover crops will help ...

A nine-year study comparing a typical two-year corn and soybean rotation with a more intensive three-year rotation involving corn, cereal rye, soybean and winter wheat found that the three-year system ...

A north Iowa farmer says changes to his crop rotation are not market driven. Casey Schlichting of Clear Lake tells Brownfield ...

Iowa’s data for the Midwest Cover Crops Council cover crop decision tool, which was last revised in 2019, was updated to ...

Crop rotation for annual vegetables can reduce disease and pest pressure, improve soil health and boost overall crop ...

Not all growers are planning to shift to more corn acres this year. Southeast Iowa farmer Tim Meyer tells Brownfield he has no plans to disrupt what’s been working for him on his operation. “I would ...

As regenerative agriculture gains traction as a hot topic, one question dominates the farming community: Does it pay?Simply ...

Soil building is about growing a farm under your farm and bringing it to life. It’s about making the Earth better and giving ...

The week kicks off with an in-depth conversation on maximizing the benefits of crop rotation. Listeners will learn how strategic rotation helps minimize soil degradation and control pests and diseases ...

Planting a diversity of crops can prove beneficial during extreme weather events. Some plants are better able to stand up to ...

Columnist Chuck Martin says that his job as a horticulturist is understanding nature and fighting its tendencies.

In the early 2010s, Stierwalt started experimenting with cover crops, which can help hold soil in place and reduce runoff pollution. “This valuable resource that we take for granted, we were letting ...