May is not too late to plant potatoes. Maincrop types of potatoes can be put in the ground in early May and will still have ...

A handful of freshly picked asparagus spears is one of the tell-tale signs of spring. While these perennials won’t produce a ...

Results from a new survey reveal that between 25% and 50% of corn and soybean growers adopt the use of cover crops when their ...

Planting ground cover in fields between cash crop growing seasons is an effective way to prevent farmland from losing soil ...

Learn when you should plant vegetables and what types based on your USDA hardiness zones to help you make the most of your ...

In this month's "Cultivating Success in the Farm & Garden" column, Hubbard County U of M Extension educator shares the ...

The following was written by Jenny Brhel, Chris Proctor and Katja Koehler-Cole, University of Nebraska Extension educators, and Amit Jhala, professor and associate department head of agronomy and ...

The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency will fund a $75,000 grant to study how the state can scale up to 1 million acres of ...

A farmer in southeastern Minnesota is hopeful cover crops will help him return to spring fieldwork sooner following recent rains. Ed McNamara of Goodhue says cover crops dry the soil out. “It ...

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 ...

Oklahoma State University multidisciplinary scientists are teaming up to research how cover crops can improve the ...