If your property is situated on a slope, erosion is a natural hazard you must contend with. This easy-to-grow ground cover ...

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 ...

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.

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

“Our area’s become very good about being more aggressive, planting cover crops to try to combat and reduce soil erosion,” Bessent said. While cover crops are beneficial, he says they won’t stop soil ...

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 ...