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

DES MOINES, Iowa -- Called cover crops, they top the list of tasks U.S. farmers are told will build healthy soil, help the environment and fight climate change. Yet after years of incentives and ...

Cover crops are a cornerstone of organic farming, used to improve soil health, fertility and structure without synthetic ...

For an Earth-friendly garden, keep a succession of plants in the soil by planting cover crops. These are plants grown to improve the soil rather than for harvest. I prepare the soil for the next year ...

Cover crops are used to slow erosion, improve soil health and capture nutrients. However, from planting to termination, growers face many production decisions. The Midwest Cover Crops Council (MCCC), ...

Many farmers need more technical help when choosing to use cover crops or not. They have been seeing negative results. DES MOINES — Called cover crops, they top the list of tasks U.S. farmers are told ...

As we count our blessings during the lead-up to Thanksgiving, cover crops are something that should be on every agricultural producer’s and consumer’s list. Here are a few of the reasons why. This is ...

While farmers plant millions acres of plants like rye and clover to boost soil health and crowd out weeds, a cover crop does the same thing in the smallest home garden. With cover crops, a vegetable ...

Cost-share programs help reimburse ag producers a percentage of the cost of implementing certain practices. A new study found ...

ELKTON — A decade ago or so, Terry and Cindy Hamilton had barely heard of cover crops. They certainly weren't using them on their 1,200-acre corn and soybean farm about 2 miles south of Elkton. Terry ...

Cover crops are used to slow erosion, improve soil health and capture nutrients. However, from planting to termination, growers face many production decisions. The Midwest Cover Crops Council (MCCC), ...