He says his family has been planting cover crops for the last decade. Swanson said, “Soil quality, soils health, building the organic matter in the soil is what really their benefit is to hold ...

Root crops are the only group in the vegetable garden ... wheelbarrow full of well-rotted manure per square yard. You can cover the bed with manure in the fall and rotavate it in the spring.

“At that point,” he says, “your options are wide open, from no-till to strip-till to cover crops.” The first, second and third sets of crown roots are very important for yield because they ...

Study shows that a higher seeding rate of cover crops often provides no benefit and adds costs in soybean fields.

Farmers in the Upper Midwest might be wondering how mild winter conditions could impact cover crops. University of Minnesota ...

Cover crops can help ... Biochannels are created by nightcrawlers and earthworms, as well as crop roots. “Tillage reduces biochannels,” Ferrie continues. “So to improve this aspect of ...

Researchers have discovered that using cover crops as "living mulch" between rows of maize can significantly improve soil health and nutrient cycling, offering a sustainable approach to ...

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