Researchers have discovered that using cover crops as "living mulch" between rows of maize can significantly improve soil health and nutrient cycling, offering a sustainable approach to ...

COVER CROP ROI Ferrie’s 10 years of cover crop strip trials usually produced negative ROIs. “Even if we didn’t lose yield, there was no additional yield to offset the cost of the cover crop ...

Unverferth Manufacturing Co., Inc. announces the addition of a mounted cover crop seeder for its Rolling Harrow soil conditioner to provide time-saving, one-pass planting of these profit-enhancing ...

After a year of drought and weather challenges, some cattle farmers are putting in extra cover crops this fall to ease the forage burden. Here’s the top six cover crops Midwest cattle farmers are ...

Cereal Rye for Cover Cropping in Organic Farming (from “Managing Cover Crops Profitably”) - Rye is the best cool-season cereal cover for absorbing unused soil N. It has no taproot, but rye’s ...

The Indiana State Department of Agriculture, The Nature Conservancy, Indiana Agriculture Nutrient Alliance and the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Risk Management Agency have joined ...

This program will reward farmers who plant cover crops by providing a reduced premium on their crop insurance. The discount program was designed to promote planting additional acres of cover crops ...

(Indianapolis, IN) – The Indiana State Department of Agriculture, The Nature Conservancy, Indiana Agriculture Nutrient Alliance and the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Risk Management ...

“Boron is a driver for other nutrients,” King said. Esh said he puts boron out anytime he spreads fertilizer ... Burkholder plants directly into his rye grass cover crop. Burkholder’s farm has high ...

Last year, the Excelsior-Kings River Resource Conservation District (EKRCD), which KCFB manages, was awarded a Healthy Soils Program (HSP) Block Grant by the California Department of Food and ...

After analyzing over a decade worth of data from Wisconsin, researchers found that heavy rainfall significantly increases ammonia and phosphorus runoff, with spikes occurring immediately after ...

How the food industry—and Cargill—are working to bring more accessible, nutritious and sustainable food options to your table ...