Illinois became the second state in the nation to offer subsidies to farmers for planting cover crops in the fall, an effort ...

Illinois became the second state in the nation to offer subsidies to farmers for planting cover crops in the fall, an effort ...

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 ...

Farms come in all shapes and sizes, from a thousand-acre field planted in corn to a quarter-acre parcel supporting thirty different types of vegetables. One of the key differences between these two ...

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 ...

While the federal government assures farmers that their conservation funding is safe, some Arkansas farmers and policy ...

First, look at how well water moves up and down the soil ... start should consider no-tilling cereal rye as a cover crop in the fall ahead of next season’s soybeans. “In that soybean year ...

Common trash can take your garden to the next level. Discover how to repurpose common items to enrich your yard and boost ...

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

Small farmers describe "state of shock" after federal government pulls out of promised grants meant to make farms, forests ...

Pakistan is bracing for a severe water crisis next month, with the Indus River ... begin harvesting wheat and prepare to sow summer crops including cotton, rice, and sugarcane.