In a 2015 strip trial on a central Illinois farm, three cover crop mixtures were planted behind a wheat crop, next to the grower’s normal double-crop soybeans. In 2016, corn planted behind the ...

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 ...

Interseeding cover crops can be an effective and timely way to establish cover crops in cornfields here in Minnesota. Planting cover crops after the corn harvest in the fall may ...

Researchers found that adding cover crops to corn crops boosts nutrients in the soil and will help protect against food ...

Farmers complaining about Trump’s ongoing funding freeze to Agriculture Department programs are receiving mixed messages from ...

In central Indiana, I saw near-perfect, waist-high corn, basking in sunshine after a good rain ... He works closely with Purdue University specialists, Indiana Farm Bureau and commodity groups to ...

Planting cover crops after the corn harvest in the fall may run the risk of limited time for the cover crop to emerge and develop. Alan Kraus is a Soil Health Specialist with the Rice and Steele ...

Cover Crop Field Day and the Regional Conservation ... Announcer] "Farm Connections," made possible in part by: Minnesota Corn, working to identify and promote opportunities for corn growers ...

Annual ryegrass is fast-growing and easier to establish by broadcast seeding than other grass cover crops. It needs to be planted earlier than cereal rye to get good fall cover. Ryegrass is conducive ...

Results from the annual Iowa Nutrient Research & Education Council crop survey show Iowa farmers planted more than 3.8 million acres of cover crops in the 2023 crop year. INREC initiated the yearly ...