Growing cover crops to prevent bare fields helps soil and wildlife – study - Research into regenerative agricultural practices found the clearest benefit for minimising bare soil.

Whether you’re tired of spending more on a clamshell of herbs than you would on a pack of seeds or want to harvest the ...

A friend from church asked me, “Is there any cover crop to plant in the spring?” Traditionally, most home gardeners only plant cover crops in the fall. Spring plantings of cover crops will help ...

Planting ground cover in fields between cash crop growing seasons is an effective way to prevent farmland from losing soil ...

The physical and natural environments place constraints on what cover crops you can grow. Except for a few aspects, such as improved drainage, you can’t change them much. But you can impact the ...

If the public and industries that rely on agricultural goods for ethanol or food products want sustainably raised crops, then ...

Greening spring pastures and growing cover crops are great opportunities for livestock to graze and reduce the need for fed ...

Planting ground cover in fields between cash crop growing seasons is an effective way to prevent farmland from losing soil carbon, a factor that’s underestimated in considering the carbon sequestratio ...

A shift away from the familiar sight of bare winter fields can help improve soils and boost wildlife, a study suggests.

Photo by Ally Larson/Iowa State University. AMES, Iowa – Planting ground cover in fields between cash crop growing seasons is an effective way to prevent farmland from losing soil carbon from erosion, ...