Turnip top-growth typically dies by late December. Turnips are often mixed with another forage species, such as cereal grass. Widely available and normally spring-planted for grain, oats have the ...

With cover crops, true ROI — improved soil health and reduced erosion — may outweigh the negative financial ROI.” Ferrie’s trials confirm cover crops’ impact on soil health and erosion.

thinking about how to market all of these different cover crop species and varieties to just create a more robust cover crop seed industry,” she explains. Sutton says cover crop incentive programs are ...

Unverferth Manufacturing Co., Inc. announces the addition of a mounted cover crop seeder for its Rolling Harrow soil conditioner to provide time-saving, one-pass planting of these profit-enhancing ...

combined with a cover cropping strategy that fits a rotational plan with cash crops will greatly narrow down the choices of possible cover crop species. In addition, other factors to consider include: ...

NFU experts explore the different SFI actions that can improve water quality. Read our guide to find out which actions work ...

Wisconsin dairy farmer Josh Hiemstra has been successfully using cover crops as a feed source for his cows for 15 years ... 5 pounds of perennial rye grass and 2.5 pounds of versa grass. “The roots of ...

A soybean researcher says cover crops can be another mode of action for controlling weeds, but it will take a lot of biomass. Shawn Conley says University of Wisconsin research through weed scientist ...

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 ...

It is becoming more common for producers to use multi-species grazing — mixing sheep or goats together with cattle — to improve the use of forages and cut down on the expenses of mowing and spraying ...