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 ...

Wondering how and when to terminate your cover crop? Perhaps planting green is right for you. This practice involves planting your corn or soybean crop directly into a cover crop like cereal rye or ...

PLAINFIELD, Iowa —Rick Juchems and Jon Gisleson are cover crop believers. They spoke about using cover crops during an Iowa Learning Farm/Practical Farmers of Iowa field day at Juchems' farm near ...

Cover crops can offer erosion protection as well as soil and environmental quality benefits. Cereal rye (Secale cereale L.) is the most commonly used winter cover crop in corn–soybean rotations in the ...

WOOLSTOCK, Iowa -Some farmers in the Boone River Watershed are using cover crops to protect their soil and keep nutrients from leaching during the winter. Rick Lee of Clarion, Iowa, talks about the ...

A research plot after dairy manure slurry was injected into a growing cover crop in early spring when temperatures were cooler, A new study demonstrated that the practice achieved multiple ...

FULTON COUNTY, OHIO, Ohio — October is Harvest Month and you’ve probably seen farmers bringing in their corn and soybeans. However, some farmers are still planting during October. Cover crops have ...

Planting cover crops in fields can help not only rejuvenate soil health but also improve water quality, as recommended by the Hawk Creek Watershed Project in Olivia. Healthy soils are the foundation ...

While most crops shut down for winter, this tough cold-season cover crop keeps digging deep and improving the ground until ...

Winter rye is prized for its versatility. It is a source of grain and also a forage and ground cover that protects the soil from erosion by wind and rain. But the benefits of winter rye don’t stop ...