But over his 40 years as a corn and soybean farmer in Champaign County, Stierwalt said soil erosion, which can cause ...

With cool-season vegetable crops going into the ground, many gardeners who ventured into cover cropping last autumn may ask a familiar question: What do I do now? Their crops have fulfilled their ...

As JD Hollingsworth re­calls, the turning point came one evening in 2012 while riding in the combine with his father, ...

Nitrate, pesticides, metals and plastic agricultural soils often contain pollutants. But are there sustainable and ...

Fall is actually the perfect time to think ahead and plant cover crops that will set the stage for a flourishing garden next spring ... the soil and allowing water and nutrients to move more ...

In a 2015 strip trial on a central Illinois farm, three cover crop mixtures were planted behind a wheat crop, next to the grower’s normal double-crop soybeans. In 2016, corn planted behind the ...

Cover crops are proven to increase available nutrients, water and organic matter and reduce soil erosion over the winter months, providing a great start for the next season’s crop. With time ...

The University of Minnesota Extension, Great Lakes Cover Crop Project, and other partners are currently recruiting farmers to participate for the 2025 season! This community science effort brings toge ...

He has been using no-till and minimal tillage since 2010 and cover crops since around 2016 ... he has seen is a lack of erosion. “Wind, water, those kinds of things and that’s a hard thing ...

Crops with allelopathic properties may suppress subsequent crop growth. Cover crops may be sown to protect soil from ... in part because crops generally have larger seeds. Water use by the mulch crop ...