A series of cover crop fact sheets have been created thanks to a collaboration between Iowa State University Extension and Outreach and USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). The resour ...

Irish farmer Tom Tierney has been no-till farming for a decade and is using a specialist seed dressing to kick-start crops ...

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

A central Illinois farmer says he’s holding off a bit before terminating his cover crops. Derek Martin, who farms in Logan County, tells Brownfield, “We’ve had some experiences in the past where we’ve ...

Lloyd Alveshere, farmer and retired NRCS conservationist, spoke on his experiences with regenerating farm fields with cover ...

A friend from church asked me, “Is there any cover crop to plant in the spring?” Traditionally, most home gardeners only plant cover crops in the fall. Spring plantings of cover crops will help ...

The latest National Cover Crop Survey found that respondents expect cover crop acreage to continue to grow. Dr. Rob Myers ...

Dust storms have become an increasing concern in Illinois, prompting investigations into their causes and potential solutions ...

Today, they farm a corn and soybean rotation, and they implement cover crops and livestock. “We started no-tilling in the 1990s,” he said. “Other than being the crazy farmer trying different ...

Intercropping means planting two or more different crops in the same growing space. One example is growing a row of tomatoes with lettuce on the edges of the beds. Cover cropping involves planting ...

In the early 2010s, Stierwalt started experimenting with cover crops, which can help hold soil in place and reduce runoff pollution. “This valuable resource that we take for granted, we were let ...

GALVA, Ill. — Cover crops are a conservation practice farmers use to increase healthy soil and decrease erosion and compaction. Growers plant crops, such as cereal rye, winter barley and hairy ...