On an episode of Iowa State Dairy Extension’s “Dairy News and Views” podcast, Mark Licht and Shelby Gruss discussed how one ...
Short-term costs to planting cover crops and other sustainable practices can be an obstacle, but a Missouri program offers ...
“At that point,” he says, “your options are wide open, from no-till to strip-till to cover crops.” The first, second and third sets of crown roots are very important for yield because they ...
Cover crops can help ... Biochannels are created by nightcrawlers and earthworms, as well as crop roots. “Tillage reduces biochannels,” Ferrie continues. “So to improve this aspect of ...
The study revealed that cover crop mixtures increased total carbon inputs to soil because they simultaneously had high root and shoot inputs and they promoted higher carbon inputs from residues ...
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Many farmers say they’re finding success utilizing drones to get their fall cover crops seeded. Jeremy Neff, who farms in ...
If you experience very cold winters you can cover the crop with straw to protect it from extreme colds and make harvesting easier. The alternative is to harvest the entire crop in fall or early winter ...
Many farmers in western North Dakota have planted cover crops like cereal rye or triticale this fall, but as dry as this ...
Katie Burdett, garden expert and owner of Growing With Gertie, also advises to ‘cover rutabaga ... in ideal conditions, the ...