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

URBANA — Healthy soil is essential for healthy plants. Using cover crops in the home garden is one way to promote soil health. Cover crops are non-harvested crops that add organic matter to the soil, ...

“Cover crop was one of those for me that, about three or four years ago, really started to interest me.” Pederson says that after working with one single crop all year long, she was intrigued by the ...

In the fall, you might be tempted to remove the dead plant material, till your garden soil a bit, and put your garden to bed for the winter without another thought. However, you can also grow cover ...

Q: I would like to plant a cover crop in my vegetable garden, but I’m not sure how to choose the best seed to plant. Can you recommend a good cover crop for this time of year? A: I’m glad you’re ...

‘Prosperity,’ customer pressure help stir cover crop interest The ‘yo-yo’ principle of managing cover crops Is USDA overpromoting cover crops? This is the first part of a four-part series examining ...

Types of cover crops include a combination of grasses such as barley, oats, wheat, corn, millet, sorghum, rye; legumes — clover, vetch, peas and soybeans, and broadleaf — radish, turnips, collards, ...

Researchers have discovered that using cover crops as "living mulch" between rows of maize can significantly improve soil ...

Southern region producers should consider growing cover crops as part of a sustainable agriculture system, said Henry English, director of the Small Farm Program at the University of Arkansas at Pine ...

Porter said the current research is aimed at cotton conservation. “Our research is looking at long-term effects of different ...

Southern region producers should consider growing cover crops as part of a sustainable agriculture system, said Henry English, director of the Small Farm Program at the University of Arkansas at Pine ...