Cover crops play an important role in protecting the soil and water when cash crops like corn or soybean are not actively growing. The National Conservation Service promoted the use of cover crops ...

Cover cropping involves growing various plant varieties between cash crop rotations to ensure continuous soil coverage. This practice improves soil water infiltration, builds soil organic matter, ...

Different cover crop application methods and timing of those applications were evaluated at Ivy Tech in Lafayette, IN. Cover crop treatments are highlighted from right to left which corresponds to ...

Everybody seems to be talking about cover crops. Rightfully so because, managed correctly, they can provide environmental benefits. Higher yield? Well, maybe, but probably not, at least in the near ...

Left: examples of cover crops with radishes, oats, and buckwheat. Right: strip-till with soybeans growing in a cereal rye cover. (Photos from Chase Brown) After the deadly I-55 dirt storm, an Illinois ...

In a large plot just north of my hometown, a local producer decided to grow tillage radishes as a cover crop this year. I spoke to the grower and the main concern for him was nitrogen return, but ...

‘Prosperity,’ customer pressure help stir cover crop interest The ‘yo-yo’ principle of managing cover crops Is USDA overpromoting cover crops? This is the first part of a four-part series examining ...

In recent years, we’ve seen a significant increase in the use of—and funding for—cover crops such as winter rye, oats, red clover and cowpeas. Cover cropping has been shown to help protect land from ...

Cover crops are plants that are planted to cover the soil to keep it in place and improve soil health. They can be intercropped with other crops or planted after harvesting. The crops are mainly grown ...

MSU Richland County Extension will be hosting a Cropland Grazing Summit on Thursday, Jan. 8 at the Richland County Extension Office. This summit will highlight how to integrate livestock into cropland ...