Cover crops are planted at the end of each harvest season to prep them over the winter for the next season’s cash crop. Corn, soybeans, and cotton farmers use this method to help with soil ...

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 ...

Planting organic cotton could provide cover from erosion ... It's a desert with the right climate for the crop, nearly disaster- and disease-free conditions, with a lifeline and safety net ...

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 ...

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

The executive director of the Association of Illinois Soil & Water Conservation Districts says farmers across the state are ...