Planting more cover crops this fall is one way corn and soybean growers are addressing their 2026 nutrient needs and working ...

A combine harvests corn, Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2023, at a farm near Allerton, Ill. Cover crops top the list of tasks U.S. farmers are told will build healthy soil, help the environment and fight climate ...

The use of cover crops in Iowa has expanded significantly in recent years. The conservation practice is promoted by the state ...

DES MOINES, Iowa -- Called cover crops, they top the list of tasks U.S. farmers are told will build healthy soil, help the environment and fight climate change. Yet after years of incentives and ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — When Steve Stierwalt studied agriculture at the University of Illinois in the 1970s, soil health wasn’t commonly taught or discussed. Faculty often told their young farming ...

The Women Landowners Leading Regeneration project is planning to educate female landowners in the Midwest by offering ...

URBANA -- The Midwest Cover Crops Council (MCCC), in collaboration with University of Illinois Extension, will be holding its annual meeting in Springfield from Feb. 20-21. This is the first time ...

Midwestern grower Chris Von Holten knows that striving to conserve the land and water are the best ways he can build soil health and make the ground more productive. In the early 1980s, Chris Von ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Called cover crops, they top the list of tasks U.S. farmers are told will build healthy soil, help the environment and fight climate change. Yet after years of incentives and ...

Many farmers need more technical help when choosing to use cover crops or not. They have been seeing negative results. DES MOINES — Called cover crops, they top the list of tasks U.S. farmers are told ...