Results from a new survey reveal that between 25% and 50% of corn and soybean growers adopt the use of cover crops when their ...

A farmer in southeastern Minnesota is hopeful cover crops will help him return to spring fieldwork sooner following recent rains. Ed McNamara of Goodhue says cover crops dry the soil out. “It ...

The following was written by Jenny Brhel, Chris Proctor and Katja Koehler-Cole, University of Nebraska Extension educators, ...

Farms come in all shapes and sizes, from a thousand-acre field planted in corn to a quarter ... to remain near the crops that pests are targeting. Adding cover crops into rotations helps keep soil in ...

Since nitrous oxide is emitted into the air when there is excess nitrogen in the ground, keeping plants growing year-round can limit emissions. Plants take up nitrate (NO₃) and ammonium (NH₄), meaning ...

Cover crop usage continues to grow across the country. Last week, the Conservation Technology Information Center announced ...