A friend from church asked me, “Is there any cover crop to plant in the spring?” Traditionally, most home gardeners only plant cover crops in the fall. Spring plantings of cover crops will help ...

per-acre double-cropped soybeans. It ranged from $213 to $260 per acre. You Decide to Plant Cover Crops ... Experimenting with cover crops is a good idea, says Farm Journal Field Agronomist Ken ...

Planting dry beans into spring cover crops could be a measure to protect young plants from damaging weather conditions like wind or hail.

Cover cropping involves planting crops with the intention of improving growing conditions rather than obtaining a harvest. Growers may plant winter rye in the fall to protect the soil over the winter ...

Learn about the different kinds of cover crops and their uses in a free webinar led by University of Alaska Fairbanks soil ...

But most research has studied the effects of the carbon added to soil via the roots and biomass of the overwintering plants, Huang said. “We think a lot about how cover crops affect soil carbon levels ...

The latest National Cover Crop Survey found that respondents expect cover crop acreage to continue to grow. Dr. Rob Myers ...

Farmers often grow so-called cover plants between main crops. They are used for purposes such as for animal feeds or remain on the field as green manure. In this way, they supply the soil with ...

Cover crops cost roughly $35 to $40 an acre, and farmers don’t make a direct profit from it. The crops are planted in the fall and aren’t harvested. Instead, as the plants die and decompose, they ...