As fall sets in, it's easy to feel like your garden is winding down for the year. But guess what? Fall is actually the perfect time to think ahead and plant cover crops that will set the stage for a ...

Farm fields are not the only place that cover crops provide useful services. Gardens are an excellent place to reap these ...

For arable farmers with livestock, T101 Wintermax can be grazed, ideally between late February and mid-April, with earlier drilled crops, offering the potential for late autumn grazing. Alternatively, ...

Five farm families were honored with the 2024 Conservation Farm Family Awards at this year’s Farm Science Review. The ...

Instead, it was a combination of triticale (a wheat and rye hybrid), Austrian pea and vetch (which are both in the legume family). Cover crops are a wide range of plants that can help ward off ...

Farmers and researchers are also evaluating the potential of hybrid rye varieties and triticale varieties in comparison to OP rye cover crop varieties. Cereal Rye Cover Crop Seeding While seeding rate ...

"We're reducing our synthetic fertilizer use with cover crops and building organic matter," he says. "We're (also) able to do ...

It is important to establish cover crops rapidly after cereals have been harvested. This is in order to get the full benefits ...