Statewide, Ohio faced extremely dry conditions late in the season. In northern Ohio, the planting season got off to a tough ...

A DJI Agras was used to spread cover crops over standing soybeans. Cover crop mixes varied and were compared against the same mixes drilled after harvest. Several demonstrations are planned across the ...

Farmers manage crops, maintain equipment, and market products, often while balancing a second job and family demands. Adding a dispute with a crop insurance company is the last thing farmers need.

Compaction. “In adding two, three or four species of cover crops in your mix, you can start to see the value in soil compaction,” says Ryan Heiniger, executive director of the Conservation ...

After that, I planted a seven-way mix of cover crops that I then grazed cattle on this past fall and winter. The seven-way mix was also designed to help provide nitrogen for my 2021 corn crop.

An extension crops educator sees cover crops as a compliment to other weed control tactics. Liz Stahl with the University of Minnesota says herbicides remain the most effective tool for managing weeds ...

The problem of “not seeing the forest for the trees” may have a solution with 3-D technology being used to estimate biomass ...

The Indiana State Department of Agriculture, The Nature Conservancy, Indiana Agriculture Nutrient Alliance and the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Risk Management Agency have joined ...

The map below was created a few days after spring termination of the cover crop. Treatments consisted of several different cover crop mixtures, as well as no cover. The field was then planted to corn ...

Researchers across the country are working to develop cover crop varieties that better suit regional environments. University ...

The Illinois Department of Agriculture has secured $7 million in funding from the USDA to launch the Infield Conservation for ...