Tag: cover crops
Cover crops plot to be featured at Ag Progress
Cover crops planted in rotation with main crops can help farmers reduce erosion and replenish nutrients into the soil.
Keeping soil healthy and productive
Have you ever heard the saying, "The more things change, the more they stay the same?"
From my research, Alphonse Karr is credited for this...
Mix-and-match cover cropping can optimize organic production
WASHINGTON -- Farmers can fine-tune their use of cover crops to help manage costs and maximize benefits in commercial organic production systems, according to...
Carroll County producers to receive cost share for installing cover crops
(This article was co-written by Ray Rummell and Linda Yeager, both from the Carroll SWCD.)The Carroll Soil and Water Conservation District established a cover...
Cover crops and crop insurance: You can hay or graze it...
Crop insurance update: Farmers can graze or harvest a cover crop (planted now) as long as they stop by May 10, 2013.
Changes in crop insurance mean flexibility in planting cover crops
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Risk Management Agency is giving farmers in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio more flexibility when insuring a crop that follows a cover crop.
Ohio No-Till Conference set for Dec. 6
COLUMBUS -- The annual Ohio No-Till Conference will be held Dec. 6 in Plain City.
The Dirt on Conservation: Cover crops importance being touted
Carroll County Soil and Water Conservation District is offering their no-till drills for only $8 per acre to plant cover crops.
