As fall begins, harvest season draws closer and closer. It is time to start laying the groundwork for an exceptional crop stand in 2026 ...

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 ...

FarmDroid is an autonomous seeding and weeding robot whose efficiency and accuracy have proven to have strong economic ...

We've already heard about drones that spray crops with herbicides and fertilizers. The AeroSeeder is a bit different, however, in that (as you might have guessed) it disperses seeds that might ...

Illinois Soybean Association is recruiting farmers to host cover crop weed suppression trials starting this fall.

WASHINGTON — Agricultural producers with crop insurance can hay, graze or chop cover crops for silage, haylage or baleage at any time and still receive 100% of the prevented planting payment, the U.S.

An overarching goal for planting cover crops is to produce as much biomass as possible during the growing window. Higher levels of cover crop biomass will reduce soil erosion, inhibit weed growth, and ...

Research helps farmers pick the best cover crops to keep their soil and nutrients in the field. Farmers around the world are keen to protect their most important asset: their soil. The soil supports ...

Cover crops between avocado trees at Petty Ranch (Photo courtesy Petty Ranch) Chris Sayer, a lemon and avocado grower (along with some figs) in Ventura County, California, has been using cover crops ...

Everybody seems to be talking about cover crops. Rightfully so because, managed correctly, they can provide environmental benefits. Higher yield? Well, maybe, but probably not, at least in the near ...

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 ...

Aaron Lehman is the president of the Iowa Farmers Union and is a fifth-generation farmer from central Iowa. Iowa is a nationwide leader in a conservation practice known as cover cropping. For nearly a ...