Cereal rye as a cover crop may reduce waterhemp populations without yield loss in soybean, according to a three-year study at the University of Missouri. MU Extension weed specialist Mandy Bish and a ...

When it comes to seeding rates for winter legume cover crops, more seed doesn't necessarily mean much more biomass production and weed suppression. A recent study for specialty crop growers by the ...

FOX LAKE — The Fox Lake Inland Lake Protection and Rehabilitation District, in partnership with the Dodge County Healthy Soils/Healthy Waters initiative, will distribute free cereal rye seed to ...

Whether it is water quality, soil health or the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) – talking about conservation has become a booming trend. We talk a lot about cover crops when talking about ...

CORVALLIS, Ore. — Trucks pulling flatbed trailers drove through a field past tall fescue. On the truck beds sat farmers and scientists — about 270 in all. Some perched atop crates, while others sat ...

When Don Morse began growing cover crops, one of his main goals was to tackle the growing populations of marestail (horseweed) and waterhemp that defied traditional control measures. “I can give you a ...

Rye has played an important role throughout history, Laura Valli says . “Humans never deliberately chose to cultivate it, but it first occurred in fields of wheat and barley in what’s contemporary ...