Researchers and a farmer/seed company owner discuss everything from what to grow to why farmers grow cover crops in the first place.

April 27 through May 4, 2025, marks National Soil and Water Conservation Week. This annual celebration reminds us of Grundy ...

Red clover is a cool-weather crop. While alfalfa tends to yield better in southern regions, the trend shifts as you move ...

The Lakeland Agricultural Research Association (LARA) has been promoting the federally funded On-Farm Climate Action Fund ...

The enormity of seeding weighs heavily on producers and the entire agricultural supply chain at this time of year. It can ...

A farm can’t chase every integrated weed management practice out there. Which are most important, according to Canadian ...

The following was written by Giovani Preza Fontes and Emerson Nafziger with the Department of Crop Sciences at the University ...

After Easter break delivered little of the rainfall needed to bolster planting confidence across southern states, growers ...

Learn about an Iowa plot trial that is looking at the yield boosting potential of strip cropping corn and cover crops.

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 ...

After Easter break delivered little of the rainfall needed to bolster planting confidence across southern states, growers are ...

It’s National Soil Conservation Week, and today is Earth Day. Farmers and ranchers play a very important role in soil ...