With the adoption of sustainable farming practices on the rise, more producers may be looking at how double or relay cropping fits into their operations. Sheila Backer, assistant vice president of ...

Ross Evelsizer (left), natural resource projects director with Northeast Iowa Resource Conservation and Development, and Mike Bretz (right), a regenerative farmer in Buchanan County, Iowa, stand in a ...

Many claims of benefits from companion planting (growing two crops together) are no more than wishful thinking. Tangible benefits, however, come from intercropping (also known as relay planting, ...

THE country has often faced food crises despite having world's largest irrigation system, abundant land and enormous human resources. The recent wheat crises had not been eliminated from the memory of ...

Extreme rainfall and flooding are becoming more common across much of the U.S. In Iowa, some farmers are experimenting with something called relay intercropping to keep more rainfall in the fields.

Mango intercropping with various fruits and vegetables has been gaining momentum in the State as the growers are ‘getting significant returns.’ The farmers cultivated mango in 37,178 hectares in the ...

Mixed cropping sees farming of two or more crops simultaneously on the same farm plot without any specific pattern or arrangement. ROURKELA: The agriculture authorities of rain-fed Sundargarh district ...