Warm weather means it's time to burndown fields. For best herbicide performance, consider temperature, weed size, spray ...

Farmers are currently monitoring for signs of winter kill in both the hard red winter wheat crop in the Great Plains ... also had a lack of insulating snow cover. However, the potential impact ...

A field planted with cereal rye, one of the most common cover crops in Iowa. Photo by Ally Larson/Iowa State University. AMES, Iowa – Planting ground cover in fields between cash crop growing seasons ...

Why do farmers use cover crops? The number one reason is still erosion control or prevention followed by better soil biology ...

Premium Cover Crop Mix, and Winter-Kill Multi-Species, all designed to boost a field's long-term productivity. “The program ...

When Steve Stierwalt studied agriculture at the University of Illinois in the 1970s, soil health wasn't commonly taught or ...