You could also visit farmers. Clint Arnholt, Columbus, Ind., is a veteran no-tiller experienced at seeding cover crops into ...

A free new online tool helps Western growers choose cover crops species based on their unique situations and goals.

Cover crops provide benefits to vegetable farms of all sizes in addition to larger-scale contributions to the public good. Reduced tillage systems can provide additional soil health benefits. Many ...

Setting up a permanent cover cropping system will stabilize the soil and is meant to be a kind of set it and forget it kind of thing,” he said. “More and more all of these designs for vineyards that ...

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 ...

A new cover crop survey is now open for prairie farmers and agronomists. Cover crops are plants grown in between or after ...

STARKVILLE, Miss.—Cover crops provide a host of benefits including protecting fallow ground during winter. However, the crops may offer more rewards than soil health and erosion control when used as a ...

While there are several good options for terminating cover crops, it’s important to understand which cover crop termination methods work best for your specific cover cropping system and overall ...

Farmers have utilized rotations of multiple crops over a several year period for hundreds or perhaps even thousands of years. Archeological evidence suggests that farmers in the Fertile Crescent ...

When the Southern Cover Crops Council held its annual conference recently in Baton Rouge, I was fortunate to sit in on panel discussions with farmers and specialty crops (vegetables, fruits, nuts and ...