Here we share insights and strategies for success from experienced cover crop growers as we relate their practices and observations to research studies.

When it comes to till vs. no-till, there is give and take in any situation, according to an Ashland County soil conservationist.

or combined with a lead tillage tool for enhanced residue sizing and tillage. The cover crop seeder features hydraulic-powered air delivery for covering a larger area with greater productivity.

His research focuses on understanding factors limiting crop productivity, particularly corn and soybeans. He developed the ...

Leaving a surface mulch, by no-till or other conservation tillage systems with plenty of residue cover, will generally increase populations. Growing winter cover crops may augment the mulch protection ...

Hydrick said cover crops could give insects food to live off of to survive the winter. “Successfully over-wintered insects surviving in the residue, we start off with a problem in the fields ...

if we have a blanket residue across that we’re not going to have the open pan evaporation that we experience from these open soils.” Heskett says cover crops create a habitat for pollinators ...

The crop residue can then serve as a cover crop to protect seedling cotton later. Hundreds show up for Lubbock protests over ...

or double-crop soybean. Between corn and soybean, a winter cover crop of cereal rye was grown to protect the soil. The cereal rye was terminated with herbicide prior to soybean planting and ...