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A local, professional seed dealer can be a great partner and resource to help navigate these decisions. After all, quality cover crops start with quality seed. Professionally produced and processed ...

Cover crops and no-till aren't just good for soil — they also make farmers more money, study says Harvest Public Media | By Eva Tesfaye Published September 25, 2023 at 9:12 AM CDT Rob Myers ...

Illinois Department of Agriculture is launching a new program to help encourage farmers to use cover crops. The department has opened applications for the Infield Conservation for Operationalizing ...

And Lara Bryant, the group's deputy director of water and agriculture, notes that while the overall percentage of farmers planting cover crops is small, acreage increased by 50% to about 5% of U.S ...

Demand for the Fall Cover for Spring Savings program — which offers a $5 per acre discount on the following year’s crop insurance premiums — has outpaced state funding every year since.

A cover crop such as crimson clover can be planted now, then plowed under to help enrich the soil in the spring. The University of Maryland Extension in Frederick was awarded $500,000 to explore ...

They have created a maze out of cover crops, giving them an opportunity to teach visitors about soil health and the benefits that cover crops can have to a farming operation, while having their ...

Iowa Secretary of Agriculture encourages farmers with flood damage to consider cover crops When it comes to protecting and rebuilding soil health following flooding, Secretary of Agriculture Mike ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WCIA) — The Illinois Department of Agriculture is less than one month away from starting its “Fall Covers for Spring Savings” program again. The program opens up 190,000 ...

Cover crops also received a temporary boost, thanks to COVID-19 relief money. The Biden administration spent $60 million on subsidies for more than 12 million acres of cover crops during the 2020 ...