Plan your cover crop termination strategy now. Consider species mix, weather conditions and nutrient management for best ...

While there are several good options for terminating cover crops, it’s important to understand which cover crop termination methods work best for your specific cover cropping system and overall ...

Producers can break even in as little as two years But seed, planting costs challenge economics Landowners can frustrate farmers’ cover crop hopes This is the second part of our four-part series ...

Many livestock farmers who are being compensated by the H2Ohio program may be looking for guidance on planting cover crops. NRCS Appendix A (Cover Crops) is your best guide for cover crop seeding ...

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 ...

Summer interseeding may be a good cover crop strategy for farmers with shorter growing seasons. So say the first-year results from a USDA-sponsored soil health demonstration project in northern Iowa.

Cover cropping involves growing various plant varieties between cash crop rotations to ensure continuous soil coverage. This practice improves soil water infiltration, builds soil organic matter, ...

Cover crops are gaining ground in the U.S., but their adoption has not been without a number of bumps. Planting the crops on a timely basis is a top challenge farmers have wrangled with along the way.

Hello Mid-Ohio Valley farmers and gardeners! Finally, rain has returned to the Valley. Many areas received more than an inch of rain to end our dry spell. The combination of moisture and cool, fall ...

Cover crops are a win-win for farmers: they reduce erosion, build organic matter, improve water quality and even help suppress weeds. But, unlike other long-term conservation practices, planting cover ...