Michael Thompson, Almena, Kansas, listens to a young questioner during a Farmer 2 Farmer tour in Larned, Kansas. (Journal photo by Dave Bergmeier.)

Cover crops carry promise to producers

Attendees at the No-Till on the Plains Feikert Farms Field Day listen to Lance Feikert discuss the cover crop on his irrigated circle near Bucklin, Kansas. (Journal photo by Kylene Scott.)

NTOP field day showcases benefits of soil health practices

Vesh Raj Thapa, UNL post-doctoral research assistant, stands behind root samples from the plots at WREEC in North Platte. Photo by Chabella Guzman

Roots, another important aspect of cover crops

  • By Chabella Guzman │ UNL Panhandle Research Extension & Education Center
Loran Steinlage of Fayette County, Iowa, has been named the Iowa Leopold Conservation Award winner. (Photo courtesy of Sand County Foundation.)

Loran Steinlage receives Iowa Leopold Conservation Award

Soil Health U event returns to Salina, Kansas, in January

More farmers are adding fall cover crops to their corn-for-grain, cotton, and soybean fields

Flickner Innovation Farm to present current projects at workshop

Cover crop mixes account for 18%-25% of major commodity acreage with cover crops