Cover crops have gained increased attention in recent years as farmers look for ways to build soil health and, ... Wiltse was unsure at the time if the pasture could support livestock.

For individual farmers, in some cases there is increased yield or decreased yield variability and sometimes decreased input ...

The EPA data on agriculture's role in carbon emissions only tells half the story. It counts what’s coming out of the barn, ...

Norman Dunne is six years into his regenerative farming journey and is using a flock of 200 laying hens to graze down cover crops on his heavy land farm. Sign in. LATEST. LATEST.

Incorporating cover crops into their regenerative farming system has been a learning process for the Riskedal family this ...

Cover crops cost roughly $35 to $40 an acre, and farmers don’t make a direct profit from it. ... a small pasture poultry farmer in Cissna Park who also farms vegetables with his wife. ...

Cover crops benefit farms by adding soil organic carbon (carbon from organic matter in soils), improving soil health, reducing soil erosion, cycling nutrients and converting nitrogen to forms ...

Hoosier farmers planted about 1.6 million acres of overwinter living covers – cover crops and small grains, like wheat – this ...

Field Day topics include: pasture management; cover crops as forage; hay quality; and managed grazing. The event is free and includes lunch, but RSVP’s are required by contacting the Purdue Extension ...

Cover crops cost roughly $35 to $40 an acre, and farmers don’t make a direct profit from it. ... a small pasture poultry farmer in Cissna Park who also farms vegetables with his wife. ...