As agriculture continues to evolve and new ways of farming are being developed, cover crops have become more and more popular among farmers in Ohio. Studies are showing a little over 80% of no-till ...
If you want to promote higher populations of beneficial insects, cull your buckwheat crops within 20 days of flowering. If ...
This is a story about cover crops, but first a little history lesson for those of you who are not old enough to remember what they are (which is most of us at this point). The Great Dust Bowl of the ...
Maybe after you finish your vegetable harvest, you mentally say, “I’m done this year,” and wait to start again next year. But a cover crop could benefit you in several ways. By researching now, you ...
Chickpea plant that is nitrogen-fixing and drought-tolerant blooming in a field - Sean Gallup/Getty Images Because they are primarily grown for food, you may not think of the chickpea (Cicer arietinum ...
COLUMBIA — Soil health is now the center of attention when it comes to fighting drought. University of Missouri researcher and local farmer Tim Reinbott has been working with other researchers to find ...
Cattle graze cover crops at the University of Idaho’s Nancy M. Cummings Research, Extension and Education Center near Salmon. (Courtesy John Hall) SALMON, Idaho — Grazing cover crops after grain is ...
Checking in with Georgia growers who are ending a growing season spent cleaning and rebuilding after the devastation.
Renewable diesel is revving up interest from both agriculture and the oil industry, and now oil and agriculture companies are teaming up to find additional crop sources to fuel the growing demand.
Market season begins to wind down for most farms as fall rolls around. In northern states, the chill of fall comes on quickly, and it becomes harder and harder to grow profitable yields. Without ...
Iowa Learning Farms will host a cover crop and grazing field day near Osage on 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 13, at ...