The temperatures are on the rise, and it is great to see the fields getting some more color. The green from cover crops above the ground is just as beautiful as the benefits cover crops create below ...

As the number of acres planted to cover crops grows, so does farmers’ demand for innovative ways to terminate the cover crops before planting cash crops. Resides In: Kief, North Dakota Raylene grew up ...

The holy grail of crimping is for cover crops to slowly die into a weed-supressing mat, covering the soil without the use of chemical sprays or the plough. For an organic grower, this would allow ...

Growers who use cover crops are increasingly turning to a tool that can flatten out their actively growing fields, usually in a single pass. Known as a "roller/crimper," the technology can help reduce ...

Cousins of Emneth has designed a new crimper roller with helical blades to roll, break and bruise cover crops ahead of the drill. The Crop Check outfit fits to the front of the tractor to allow ...

Researchers tested the effects of vetch residue management strategies incorporating green manure using a roller-crimper and different organic fertilizers on organic zucchini yield and quality. When ...

LAMBERTON, Minn. — One piece of equipment on R & G Miller and Sons, Inc., raises a lot of eyebrows. "People think we’re nuts," said Jim Miller, who runs the organic dairy farm with his brother, cousin ...