A lot of planting and agronomic decisions are being made across corn and soybean country this week. Ken Ferrie, Farm Journal Field Agronomist, offers his thoughts and recommendations on how to address ...

Experiments were conducted with winter- and spring-sown cover crops to compare drilling and broadcasting methods for establishing rye mixed with either purple or common vetch on beds. Results showed ...

Wheat harvest (and harvest for other short season crops) is full speed ahead. With the early harvest, some of you may be thinking about seeding cover crops. Here I will share information on how to get ...

To apply for aerial cover crop seeding, choose the seeding mix, gather field maps and submit information to the Ashland County Soil and Water Conservation District by the Aug. 15 deadline. Keep an eye ...

Cover crops are gaining ground in the U.S., but their adoption has not been without a number of bumps. Planting the crops on a timely basis is a top challenge farmers have wrangled with along the way.

Winter cover crops benefit soil health and can suppress weeds in subsequent row crops but may also lead to lower yields. Some farmers and agronomists speculate that allelopathic chemicals released by ...

If you see a helicopter flying at low altitude over Pioneer Valley farms this week, it's probably not National Guard troops looking for outdoor marijuana gardens. The privately-owned helicopters are ...

Some of the prevented planting fields are just being looked at again as everyone gets caught up on spraying the crop fields and is now looping back to start managing their PP. In going back to those ...

Producers can break even in as little as two years But seed, planting costs challenge economics Landowners can frustrate farmers’ cover crop hopes This is the second part of our four-part series ...

CLARA CITY - Winter can come hard to the Minnesota prairie, but never so early that cover crops cannot be used to improve and protect the soil. "We do have the potential here,'' said Holly Hatlewick, ...