Tag: cover crops
Digging into soil health
The Southeast FFA chapter in Ravenna, Ohio, received a Storm Water Grant for Schools from the Portage Soil and Water Conservation District for research in cover crops.
Palmer amaranth: Find it, stop it
Palmer amaranth is a member of the pigweed family and is spreading across the U.S.A.
Leaving your comfort zone is not easy when it comes to...
When it comes to comfort zones and agriculture, many farmers and landowners have been in the same routine for most of their lives.
Wheat offers important benefits as ground cover
Now that we are moving into fall harvest it's time to make the decision of which fields will get winter wheat planted.
Keep your farm covered with cover crops
As corn and soybeans are coming off of fields, many farmers are making plans to get cover crops onto these fields in the coming weeks.
Cover crops can also offer your livestock another grazing option
Not only do cover crops improve soil quality and protect against leaching and nutrient runoff, but also they can make a great second crop.
Cover crops may hold benefits: Veteran Columbiana County farmer likes what...
A group of 25 area farmers were hosted at the Jim Skeels farm in Lisbon Sept. 17 during a meeting of the Crop Production Partners.
Start planning now for cover crops
There are generally two ways to seed covers — in the soil and on top of the soil.
Want to feed that cover crop? Better do it now
Producers who want to use the cover crops they planted last fall as supplemental feed for their livestock need to harvest these crops quickly before the plants get too mature and the feed quality declines.
No damage to soils from grazing of cover crops
WASHINGTON — A USDA scientist has found a way to encourage more growers to use cover crops by allowing cattle to graze on them.
