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 production.

Cover crop growth is lagging in parts of the Upper Midwest. Southern Minnesota farmer Rochelle Krusemark says soil conditions remain cool and dry. “Unfortunately, with everything that was seeded last ...

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 ...

Over a dozen years ago, Peter Buffett and his Novo Foundation bought farmland — once known as Gill Farm — sprawled out in the ...

Wheat growers and researchers share a goal of adding more acres to help farmers and ranchers, Amy Bickel writes.