Farmers planting cover crops for better water filtration and weed suppression also have to factor in the challenges, which include time, cost, risk and labor. Doug Adams, who farms in north-central ...

To support continued cover crop adoption across the Midwest, Practical Farmers of Iowa and the Iowa Soybean Association are now accepting applications for the Cover Crop Business Accelerator (CCBA) ...

The Midwest Cover Crop Council’s cover crop decision tool was recently updated for Iowa. This winter a group of Iowan researchers, agency staff, seed dealers, and farmers came together to provide ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. A free, online tool that helps farmers evaluate cover crop species based on things like county, ...

Inside a barn in southwest Missouri, Macauley Kincaid operates a massive contraption of wood and metal affixed with pipes, pulleys and wheels. "This was like state of the art for its time. I mean, ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — When Steve Stierwalt studied agriculture at the University of Illinois in the 1970s, soil health wasn’t commonly taught or discussed. Faculty often told their young farming ...

The Minnesota Department of Agriculture released this month what could be the last round of state funding to expand the market for Minnesota’s continuous living cover crops. The department announced ...

Farmers planting cover crops — which can include cereal rye, winter wheat and other grasses and legumes — for better water filtration and weed suppression also face challenges such as time, cost, risk ...

LANSING — A new University of Michigan study suggests cover crop mixtures improve farmland soil health while reducing carbon emissions better than traditional single-species cover crops. But farmers ...

GOSHEN — Purdue Extension Elkhart County is offering free cover crop seed while supplies last. Small packets have been made up to seed roughly a 100 square foot area (10 feet by 10 feet, for example, ...

A version of this story first appeared on Missouri’s KBIA. Regenerative agriculture methods, such as cover crops, are one way farmers try to improve the health of their overworked soil. But adopting ...