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 ...

Farmers complaining about Trump’s ongoing funding freeze to Agriculture Department programs are receiving mixed messages from ...

Reduced tillage and the implementation of cover crops aren’t exactly new to modern farming practices, but reduced yield ...

A federal freeze on certain USDA programs has held up billions of dollars for conservation and caused layoffs at a nonprofit ...

Cover Crop Field Day and the Regional Conservation ... Announcer] "Farm Connections," made possible in part by: Minnesota Corn, working to identify and promote opportunities for corn growers ...

Cereal rye is a go-to cover crop for many producers, including organic growers looking to avoid a chemical method of weed control. Eric Yu is a University of Minnesota Extension educator on crops ...