In a couple of situations where we plant corn, the soil may already provide some or all the nitrogen (N) the crop needs. Two ...

In a 2015 strip trial on a central Illinois farm, three cover crop mixtures were planted behind a wheat crop, next to the grower’s normal double-crop soybeans. In 2016, corn planted behind the ...

Results from a new survey reveal that between 25% and 50% of corn and soybean growers adopt the use of cover crops when their ...

In this month's "Cultivating Success in the Farm & Garden" column, Hubbard County U of M Extension educator shares the ...

The continued low corn and soybean prices resulted in greatly reduced profit levels for Midwest crop producers in 2024, and ...

The following was written by Jenny Brhel, Chris Proctor and Katja Koehler-Cole, University of Nebraska Extension educators, ...

A farmer in southeastern Minnesota is hopeful cover crops will help him return to spring fieldwork sooner following recent rains. Ed McNamara of Goodhue says cover crops dry the soil out. “It ...

Art Gudas of Kewanna has been using cover crops to improve the soil of his fields since about 2011. He is shown with cover ...

Corn is becoming more profitable in a long-term agricultural research project at Michigan State University. MSU Extension’s ...