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

Rapeseed is a popular cover crop choice due to its deep-growing taproot, which creates soil macropores and increases water infiltration. Brassicaceae spp. that are mature or at later growth stages can ...

CLARA CITY - Winter can come hard to the Minnesota prairie, but never so early that cover crops cannot be used to improve and protect the soil. "We do have the potential here,'' said Holly Hatlewick, ...

Midwest farmers who rely on healthy soybean harvests have one more reason to consider adding cereal rye into their crop rotation in 2014. Research conducted in Illinois indicates certain cover crops ...

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 ...

Before long the calves that are at their mother’s side right now will be sold in the fall as stockers, and particularly with the rising price of feed and drought conditions, buyers could be looking ...

Iowa State University Extension and Outreach and the United States Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service are collaborating on a series of cover crop fact sheets for Iowa ...

PARIS, Feb 5 (Reuters) - Rapeseed output in the European Union is expected to drop by 7% to 18.4 million metric tons this year owing to a sharp decline in the planted area in most EU countries, ...

NIWAI, India, April 5 (Reuters) - India has harvested a record rapeseed-mustard crop, but crushing could lose momentum in the coming months as many farmers are holding back from selling to oilseed ...