Cover crops can provide good grazing material for farmers with both row crops and cattle. Many farmers have diversified operations with both row crop production and livestock. Integrating those ...

Many different varieties of forage can be used as cover crops. A cover crop can serve many different purposes, one of those ...

Fayette County Farm Bur­eau member Damien Matt has had several moments of clarity since deciding to implement cover crops on ...

Another forecast for a rainy weekend means another opportunity for ranchers to speed-plant some cool-season forages, said ...

Many farmers planted a full season cover crop on their prevented planting acres or are out there now planting a winter annual, like cereal rye. This is a great management approach because you’ve ...

ALEXANDRIA, Minn. — Picking out cover crops is no run into the convenience store to grab the nearest sandwich when you're in the middle of field work. Each plant that acts as a cover crop has ...

Most fall-planted cover crops will have higher growth than last year, even though 2018 corn and soybean harvests extended a few weeks longer than normal. Among the mix of cover crops selected, cereal ...

Beef herd owners short on pasture for their cows can provide fall grazing by planting cereal grains. "Cereal oats, rye or wheat can supply needed pasture this fall if the seed is planted and rains ...

If you’re on Twitter, you’ve likely seen a lot of buzz around wide-row corn (44-inch or 60-inch) with cover crops seeded between rows. The goal is to space the corn rows out to provide more light for ...

LINCOLN — Current cattle market conditions, along with the price and short availability of hay, have created a scenario where the growing winter wheat crop may have more value for producers for ...