If you are landscaping slopes or banks in your yard, consider growing ground cover plants to prevent soil erosion. Heavy rainfall can cause the land to shift and slide without binding the soil ...

Planting ground cover in fields between cash crop growing seasons is an effective way to prevent farmland from losing soil carbon from erosion, a factor that's underestimated in considering the ...

Ann Bailey discusses the problem of soil erosion and why farmers should consider ways to stop erosion now instead of being ...

The thing to remember is cover crops are an investment in the health of the soil. No investment brings instant results or ...

Despite repeated warnings from experts, soil continues to erode at an alarming pace. Soil health advocates say it's passed ...

Planting cover crops after corn and soybeans are harvested combats erosion, builds soil, sequesters carbon and protects water surface runoff. Agriculture and conservation go hand-in-hand.

To maintain soil that produces successful crops, it helps to give it a rest now and then.That's what cover crops are all about. They prevent erosion, retain moisture, suppress weeds, reduce ...

Midwest soil is eroding at an alarming rate according to new, first-of-its-kind research. Researchers at the University of Massachusetts found that the rate of soil erosion in the Midwestern US is ...

Photo by Ally Larson/Iowa State University. AMES, Iowa – Planting ground cover in fields between cash crop growing seasons is an effective way to prevent farmland from losing soil carbon from erosion, ...

Planting ground cover in fields between cash crop growing seasons is an effective way to prevent farmland from losing soil carbon from erosion, a factor that’s underestimated in considering the ...