For corn and soybean growers eyeing cover crops, the real question isn’t whether they work. It’s whether they’ll pay. Rob Myers knows that conversation well. As director of the University of Missouri ...

In dryland (rainfed) production in Kansas, winter wheat serves as the base crop, as wheat stubble provides excellent soil ...

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

The time following wheat harvest presents an opportunity to incorporate cover crops. Most of our district has received enough ...

Maybe after you finish your vegetable harvest, you mentally say, “I’m done this year,” and wait to start again next year. But a cover crop could benefit you in several ways. By researching now, you ...

‘Prosperity,’ customer pressure help stir cover crop interest The ‘yo-yo’ principle of managing cover crops Is USDA overpromoting cover crops? This is the first part of a four-part series examining ...

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

Home gardeners and community garden participants can pick up free cover crop seed packets from the Delaware County Soil and ...

One of the tasks you can complete before spring is planting cover crops. February is a perfect time to broadcast some seeds and coat the ground with plants that benefit the soil in the long run. The ...

Everybody seems to be talking about cover crops. Rightfully so because, managed correctly, they can provide environmental benefits. Higher yield? Well, maybe, but probably not, at least in the near ...