“The cover crop, it costs roughly $10 to $15 an acre, so you do the math,” he said. Compounding that is the expected challenges the brothers will face when they try to move their crop to market.

Haque M , Kim SY , Pramanik P , Kim GY , Kim PJ . Optimum application level of winter cover crop biomass as green manure under considering methane emission and rice productivity in paddy soil ...

The technology enables the gathering of crop fitness readings 24/7 from a wide diversity of crop varieties, local soil types, farm-specific soil management approaches and local microclimates.

In 2025, the agricultural sector finds itself at a critical juncture, shaped by transformative economic, environmental, and technological shifts. With the growing pressures of climate change, ...

oday’s corn plants are tough. In most cases, that’s a good thing, but strength comes with some drawbacks.

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Results from the annual Iowa Nutrient Research & Education Council crop survey show Iowa farmers planted more than 3.8 million acres of cover crops in the 2023 crop year.

The EQIP funding helped me buy equipment I needed to modify my planter so that I could no-till, planting right into the green cover crop. It's not easy to step out and do something different on ...

Kuhn Krause has several pieces of equipment for cover crops. Pictured is the CCX 9000 Cover Crop Seeder for use on the Excelerator XT Vertical Tillage System, which helps farmers perform two tasks at ...

Over the last three growing seasons, Purdue Extension established demonstration plots of cover crops and reduced tillage in vegetables at Purdue’s Agricultural Centers (PACs). Extension collaborated ...

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