Learn how to choose the right cover crops—from grasses to nitrogen-fixing legumes—to fight erosion, break up soil compaction, ...

Fall is the perfect time to invest in next year's growing season. These hardworking plants quietly do their job while your ...

Cover crops enrich the soil, suppress weeds, and can save you money on amendments.

With proper management, crimson clover can be an excellent cover crop for your row crop fields. Here’s what you need to know about crimson clover benefits, including its nitrogen-fixing properties, ...

Your cotton fields might benefit from several kinds of winter cover crops which can control erosion, manage nutrients, and improve soil health, including a crimson clover cover crop or even a vetch ...

While farmers plant millions acres of plants like rye and clover to boost soil health and crowd out weeds, a cover crop does the same thing in the smallest home garden. With cover crops, a vegetable ...

CORVALLIS, Ore. – No one wants to think of harvest’s end as the vegetable garden reaches peak, but now’s the time to plant over-winter cover crops to improve your soil for next season. If you’re not ...

Maybe after you finish your vegetable harvest, you mentally say, “I’m done this year,” and wait to start again next year. But a cover crop could benefit you in several ways. By researching now, you ...

‘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 ...