Satellite data from a University of Illinois study links Wisconsin demo farms to a 50% jump in cover crop adoption in four ...

Keith Berns, co-founder of Green Cover weighs in with practical advice including three things for cover crop success, termination timing and water use.

Cover crops have become a major part of Tom Cotter’s Minnesota operation. He earned this year’s Leopold Conservation Award ...

With several weed species in the state now resistant to multiple herbicide groups, many growers are looking for ways to diversify their management strategies. Cover crops may be another tool in the ...

Pick the most effective cover crop termination strategy. Learn which method and timing will best support soil health, residue ...

A field planted with cereal rye, which is one of the most common cover crops in Iowa. Planting ground cover in fields between cash crop growing seasons is an effective way to prevent farmland from ...

Conservation methods can help rejuvenate farmland, but the startup cost and uncertain results mean a risk many farmers still ...

A cereal rye cover crop grows well in November on this farm in Tama County. Iowa farmers are increasingly planting cover crops as a way to improve soil fertility and limit both erosion and nutrient ...

In states along the Mississippi River, Wisconsin has the highest percentage of its cropland using cover crops, nearly 8%.

When the Southern Cover Crops Council held its annual conference recently in Baton Rouge, I was fortunate to sit in on panel discussions with farmers and specialty crops (vegetables, fruits, nuts and ...

Cover crops improve soil health and water quality, prevent nutrient loss, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but they're only grown ...

FARIBAULT, Minn. — Which cover crops provide the most benefit to a farm’s bottom line? That’s what a Minnesota-based research project is trying to figure out. “The objective of our research isn't to ...