Establishing winter cover crops after or between harvests can be a great way to preserve soil structure, protect against erosion and produce biomass that feeds the soil ecology. However, if you’re in ...

While corn and soybean farmers deal with narrow margins, Oregon forage growers battle depressed grass seed values amid ...

Winter can be brutal on your garden soil. What was once rich, lively earth can turn into a hard, lifeless slab by the time spring arrives. But there’s hope—and it comes in the form of a cover crop ...

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 ...

March 20, Cover Crops Field Day, Zanesville Aug. 5, Soil Health, Allen Dean Farm, Bryan Aug. 18, From Dirt to Healthy Soil, Lima Sept. (TBA), MVP Dairy, Celina Dec. 2, Ohio No-till Conf., Plain City ...

The ground may still be covered in snow, but now is an excellent time to start planning to improve the soil in your vegetable gardens for the planting season ahead.

Cereal rye is a go-to cover crop for many producers, including organic growers looking to avoid a chemical method of weed control. Eric Yu is a University of Minnesota Extension educator on crops ...

No matter the type of farm, there’s an advantage to planting soil-feeding cover crops ahead of fall and winter. The assistance provided depends on the crops you plant. But there is definitely one out ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. MILLERSBURG — Farmers, livestock producers and gardeners interested in improving soil health and learning more about cover crop ...

For one it was conservation remedies. For another it was breaking up compaction and saving the soil. For another, it was one more crop to diversify the operation. While the last one sells cover crop ...

A sea of bright yellow flowers is spreading across fields and farmland throughout Northern California this week, marking the brief peak of the region’s annual mustards bloom.

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