According to the Iowa Nutrient Reduction Strategy, an initiative aimed at reducing nitrogen and phosphorus runoff into Iowa’s ...

The use of cover crops in Iowa has expanded significantly in recent years. The conservation practice, which has been shown to reduce erosion and enhance soil health, is promoted by the state through ...

More farmers are trying out conservation tillage and cover crops, but not all of them choose to permanently adopt the practices, a new Economic Research Service report has found. The analysis of USDA ...

USDA’s second check of planting progress for the season shows Iowa farmers started planting corn this past week, but that number could make a massive jump by next week, as some farmers are seeing a ...

Conservation methods can help rejuvenate farmland, but the startup cost and uncertain results mean a risk many farmers still aren't willing to take. The University of Missouri Center for Regenerative ...

New research from Iowa State University, that builds on research released last fall, finds that only 6.6 percent of cover ...

A farmer in northwest Missouri runs a combine through a field of soybeans in November 2022. Producers in the Midwest are planning to plant fewer acres of soybeans this year. The spring planting season ...

JEFFERSON COUNTY, Ill. (WSIL)--Due to a spring filled with excessive rain, some farmers are concerned about having to delay planting their crops. John Howard, a farmer from Jefferson County, says many ...

Prices for nearly every major U.S. crop are below what it costs to grow them. But a drop in rice prices means another blow to ...

Cattle graze on a mix of plants that make up a cover crop on a field at the Rodale Institute in Marion on Oct. 3. The mix of plants are clover, radishes, Japanese millet and oats. According to a new ...