Farmers now have more reasons to consider rotating their crops, University of Alberta research shows. Widely used to restore ...

Feb. 18—The University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources Cooperative Extension will host a healthy soils, cover crops and conservation in the Sacramento Valley field day in coordination ...

CLARA CITY, MINN. - Winter can come hard to the Minnesota prairie, but never so early that cover crops cannot be used to improve and protect the soil. "We do have the potential here,'' said Holly ...

‘Prosperity,’ customer pressure help stir cover crop interest The ‘yo-yo’ principle of managing cover crops Is USDA overpromoting cover crops? This is the first part of a four-part series examining ...

In order to improve soil heath and organic matter, vegetable gardeners should aim to have actively growing plants in the garden for 10 or eleven months each year. This is desirable because organisms ...

MINTO, N.D. – Farmers who have prevented plant acres have an opportunity to improve soil health by seeding cover crops on them, said Naeem Kalwar, North Dakota State University Extension soil health ...

Cover crops are extremely important soil food web tools. Anyone listening to the “Teaming With Microbes” podcasts knows I am into them. Depending on which you use, these plants are capable of breaking ...

No matter the type of farm, there’s an advantage to planting soil-feeding cover crops ahead of fall and winter. The assistance provided depends on the crops you plant. But there is definitely one out ...

Cover crops, plants grown to protect and enrich the soil, are known to boost soil health and help store carbon. However, the exact mechanisms behind these benefits, especially under Nordic climate ...