For farmers trying to Flip their Soil and improve soil health one simple thing they can do this fall is plant cereal rye as a cover crop and plant soybeans into that stand. Soil health experts say ...

Weeds don’t stand a chance, if producers time it right. New research is finally providing much-needed data to upper Midwest ...

A friend from church asked me, “Is there any cover crop to plant in the spring?” Traditionally, most home gardeners only plant cover crops in the fall. Spring plantings of cover crops will help ...

A field planted with cereal rye, one of the most common cover crops in Iowa. Photo by Ally Larson/Iowa State University. AMES, Iowa – Planting ground cover in fields between cash crop growing seasons ...

The risk of this is exceptionally high with grassy cover crops — such as winter rye, annual rye, wheat, barley and oats — as these crops develop deep root systems over the winter, allowing ...

Soil building is about growing a farm under your farm and bringing it to life. It’s about making the Earth better and giving ...

Why do farmers use cover crops? The number one reason is still erosion control or prevention followed by better soil biology ...

Fruechte said cereal rye is popular because it overwinters and suppresses weed problems in soybeans. Fruechte said that cover crops are being used more in mainstream agriculture and their use has ...

When Steve Stierwalt studied agriculture at the University of Illinois in the 1970s, soil health wasn’t commonly taught or ...