cover crops

Farmer in tractor preparing land for sowing. (Adobe Stock │ #68259903 - oticki)
Farmland, Land, Ranchland, Soil Health

Dust storms in Illinois: Identifying farm solutions

Dust storms have become an increasing concern in Illinois, prompting investigations into their causes and potential solutions. Read More

Gabe Brown (courtesy photo.)
David Murray, Farmland, Land, Ranchland, Soil Health

Soil health more important than ever

At the end of March, students of Mary Foltz, assistant professor in the OSU School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, placed chambers in Oklahoma State University wheat fields to measure carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide emissions. (Photo by Mitchell Alcala, OSU Agriculture)
Oklahoma, Other Crops, Regional Roundup, research, Soil Health, Southern Region

Environmental solutions through cover cropping



Cover crops growing in a field of no-till corn. (Photo courtesy of Iowa State University Extension and Outreach.)

Iowa cover crop decision tool updated

Kansas State University agriculture economist Elizabeth Yeager says double-cropped soybeans increase profits, and cropping systems agronomist Kraig Roozeboom says they positively influence soil characteristics, though not to the same degree as some cover crops. (Kansas State University Research and Extension)

Intensify sorghum systems with double-cropped soybeans

  • By Jacob Klaudt │ K-State Research and Extension news service
Win Biologics sales representative Raeann Magill, left, and company owner Carolyn Wingate pose with the hot pink urea they sell to farmers. (Journal photo by Tim Unruh.)

Hot Pink fits for regenerative farming firm

A farmer plants soybeans into a cover crop stand of cereal. (Photo courtesy of Jason Johnson/Iowa NRCS)

Collaboration to explore impact of cover crops

(Journal stock photo.)

Cover crops are part of disaster recovery

Cover crops emerging in a field of soybeans (Photo: Iowa State University Extension and Outreach)

Cover Crop Field Day to Be Held near Portsmouth, IA Aug. 27

  • By Elizabeth Ripley │ Iowa State University Extension
A farmer pours soybean seed into his planter prior to no-till planting into cereal rye. (Photo courtesy of Jason Johnson/Iowa NRCS)

Cover crop fact sheets explain options available to Iowa farmers

Gabe Brown (Courtesy photo.)

Gabe Brown doing his part to keep the regenerative faith