Keith Berns of Green Cover Seed discusses solving cover crop struggles amid challenges of moisture and timing.

Using satellite imagery and government data, researchers measured a 5% increase in voluntary, or non-subsidized, cover crop ...

If 2025-2026 winter predictions hold true and high soil moisture persists, you could experience several soil problems. Compaction, erosion or reduced soil biological activity are all possibilities.

The herd was turned out on what Uldrich calls the cabbage patch, a corn field that was interseeded with a cover crop mix that ...

The Midwest Cover Crop Council’s cover crop decision tool was recently updated for Iowa. This winter a group of Iowan researchers, agency staff, seed dealers, and farmers came together to provide ...

When thinking about the adoption of conservation practices, like cover crops, it's important to note two things. First, ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — When Steve Stierwalt studied agriculture at the University of Illinois in the 1970s, soil health wasn’t commonly taught or discussed. Faculty often told their young farming ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. A free, online tool that helps farmers evaluate cover crop species based on things like county, ...

Farmers planting cover crops — which can include cereal rye, winter wheat and other grasses and legumes — for better water filtration and weed suppression also face challenges such as time, cost, risk ...

Sub-freezing temperatures stretched from the Northern to the Southern U.S. last week, and with a lack of snow cover in many of those areas, there are fresh concerns it caused some winter kill damage ...

The Illinois Corn Growers Association announced that Laura Lant, an agronomist at Midwest Grass & Forage in Macomb, received ...