If you want to promote higher populations of beneficial insects, cull your buckwheat crops within 20 days of flowering. If ...

Cover crops, plants grown to protect and enrich the soil, are known to boost soil health and help store carbon. However, the ...

The Ashland Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD) is hosting an event to promote the use of cover crops, featuring insights from experienced farmers. Conservation Chat: We’ve Got You Covered is ...

Roughly 25% to 50% of the total commercial nitrogen applied to fields across the state occurs in the fall. Waiting for cooler ...

A cereal rye cover crop grows well in November on this farm in Tama County. Iowa farmers are increasingly planting cover crops as a way to improve soil fertility and limit both erosion and nutrient ...

Aaron Lehman is the president of the Iowa Farmers Union and is a fifth-generation farmer from central Iowa. Iowa is a nationwide leader in a conservation practice known as cover cropping. For nearly a ...

For years, governments have channeled their support for agriculture through incentives that nudge you in directions they feel are beneficial, such as erosion control, clean water and wildlife habitat.

Luke and Sara Adams with their children, Joey and Adelynn, on their farm during the 2020 sugar beet harvest. RUPERT, Idaho — The primary thing that drives decisions on Luke and Sara Adams’ farm is ...

A proposed $25-per-acre incentive for cover crops failed to survive the final version of a newly enacted climate law, but some lawmakers are pushing to add a more modest program to the next farm bill.

Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig and Governor Kim Reynolds are encouraging Iowa farmers to plant cover crops this fall to improve water quality and save money on next year’s crop ...