Aboveground living cover crops protect the soil from the impact of rainfall and reduce the effects of wind. Runoff is ...

In the fall, you might be tempted to remove the dead plant material, till your garden soil a bit, and put your garden to bed for the winter without another thought. However, you can also grow cover ...

For corn and soybean growers eyeing cover crops, the real question isn’t whether they work. It’s whether they’ll pay. Rob Myers knows that conversation well. As director of the University of Missouri ...

The drought monitor report as of Tuesday, Aug. 18 is continuing a backwards slide into worse conditions. Almost all of Barton ...

Some days as a farmer it seems difficult to live in the season while planning and planting for the next season or even next ...

Transitioning an aging perennial forage seed stand into annual cropping can be difficult, particularly when the original crop ...

Cover crops like cereal rye help suppress waterhemp, but pair them with residual herbicides and timely postemergence ...

Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig and Governor Kim Reynolds are encouraging Iowa farmers to plant cover crops this fall to improve water quality and save money on next year's crop insurance premiums.