“It is not more difficult than that, put more ecology into your conventional system, more cover crops and stop disturbing the soil so much,” said Ray Archuleta, soil health specialist and founder of ...

Research helps farmers pick the best cover crops to keep their soil and nutrients in the field. Farmers around the world are keen to protect their most important asset: their soil. The soil supports ...

Yichao Rui, assistant professor of agronomy, inspects soil in a cornfield at Purdue University's Water Quality Field Station. Rui leads a study investigating the viability of using kura clover as a ...

LANSING — A new University of Michigan study suggests cover crop mixtures improve farmland soil health while reducing carbon emissions better than traditional single-species cover crops. But farmers ...

Farmers used to plant "cover crops" to rejuvenate fields in the off season. As those were replaced with chemicals, the soil of America's farms suffered. Bringing back the old practice has surprising ...

‘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 ...

Although about 20% of Illinois cropping systems are planted to continuous corn, it's nearly impossible to find fields planted this way for decades at a time. Yet long-term experiments, including over ...

Every fall after the growing season is over, I continue my soil-building regime by planting a winter cover crop. You’ll sometimes hear cover crops used in this type of application referred to as a ...

Farmers are increasingly being encouraged to plant cover crops, which take the place of their main crops during the off-season. According to a new study, however, the use of cover crops can actually ...

In order to improve soil heath and organic matter, vegetable gardeners should aim to have actively growing plants in the garden for 10 or eleven months each year. This is desirable because organisms ...