Iowa Farmer Mark Jackson planting soybeans into cereal rye. Photo courtesy of Iowa Soybean Association More than half of farmers who seeded their cash crop into a growing cover crop last year — a ...

Allowing cover crops to grow two weeks longer in the spring and planting corn and soybean crops into them before termination is a strategy that may help no-till farmers deal with wet springs, ...

MINOR SHOWER ACTIVITY DURING DAYLIGHT ON FRIDAY. LET’S HEAD TO GROW IT GREEN. >>WELCOME TO TODAY’S GROW IT GREEN. I’M JOINED BY EMMA. TODAY WE WILL LKTA ABOUT A CEROV CROP LIKE TYPICALLY THINK OF ...

Traditionally, farmers assumed they must kill their cover crop before planting cash crops. But the longer you let a cover crop grow, the more benefits you can harvest. Enter the ‘planting green’ ...

Wondering how and when to terminate your cover crop? Perhaps planting green is right for you. This practice involves planting your corn or soybean crop directly into a cover crop like cereal rye or ...

PORT ANGELES — Veteran Master Gardener Bob Cain will provide information about cover crops, also known as green manure, and how they fit into vegetable crop rotation at a lecture at noon Thursday. The ...

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Inside a barn in southwest Missouri, Macauley Kincaid operates a massive contraption of wood and metal affixed with pipes, pulleys and wheels. "This was like state of the art for its time. I mean, ...

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

Plan your cover crop termination strategy now. Consider species mix, weather conditions and nutrient management for best ...