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 ...

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 ...

Cereal rye is a go-to cover crop for many producers, including organic growers looking to avoid a chemical method of weed control. Eric Yu is a University of Minnesota Extension educator on crops ...

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 ...

It was a clear, dry day when Tony Kurt welcomed a small group of neighbors, local officials and media personnel to his fields ...

This winter's cold temperatures plus a long-range weather outlook bode well for the start of the upcoming Mid-Atlantic ...

Researchers across the country are working to develop cover crop varieties that better suit regional environments. University of Missouri Center for Regenerative Agriculture Program Manager Etienne ...

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 ...

Farmer Tony Kurt inspects cover crops that were planted by drones several weeks earlier. Radishes are one of the cover crops growing on the Kurt Farm.

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 ...