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 ...

Their crops have fulfilled their purpose: anchoring the topsoil, retaining soil moisture and biome, and fixing nitrogen into the ground. However, with planting season upon us, it’s time to address the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Shahbudeen also uses DAP (Diammonium Phosphate), a type of fertiliser, to cover the water ... which requires water four to six times. He says, "If it rains again, the crop will get water ...

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 ...

Nitrate, pesticides, metals, plastic – agricultural soils often contain pollutants. But are there sustainable and climate-friendly ways to restore and promote soil health in agricultural land? Yes, ...

planting cover crops, crop rotation, bioremediation and integrated nutrient management," he adds. The article is part two of a three-part series on the impact of growing water-guzzling crops on ...

Pakistan’s leading water regulator has warned that up to 35percentt less water would be available for crops this season due ... touch their dead levels in the next few days”, as Irsa had ...