Humans have been growing crops for thousands of years, and using regenerative soil health practices has naturally been a part ...

The concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere today is more than 50 percent higher than it was during the pre-industrial era. In an effort to fight climate change, many industries are ...

AURORA, Ore. — Cora Bobo-Shisler knelt in a field of verdant green cereal rye and common vetch at Oregon State University’s North Willamette Research and Extension Center, collecting samples from a ...

In Illinois and Virginia, Frank Rademacher and Paul Davis lean on cereal rye, no-till and patience to keep waterhemp and other tough weeds in check.

WILLMAR, Minn. -- The fortunes of agricultural economics come and go, but the one thing that must go on is the soil and soil health. That was one of the themes of 2015 Soil Conservation Tillage ...

"Fall is not the end of the gardening year; it is the start of next year's growing season. The mulch you lay down will protect your perennial plants during the winter and feed the soil as it decays, ...

Macauley Kincaid reconnects a hood to part of his mill Aug. 7 at his family farm in Jasper, Mo. Kincaid is the second generation in his family to farm crops for seed production. He still uses the same ...

Gardeners, don’t put away your spade and fork just yet Fall is the time to plant cover crops, and master gardener Orin Martin will show you how at an upcoming workshop at UC Santa Cruz’s Alan Chadwick ...

The ag department relaunched a cover crop incentive program after a pause due to funding uncertainties. Here’s how farmers can get paid up to $105 an acre.

Most Iowa farmers don’t use cover crops, according to new research from Iowa State University, despite the fact that it is a proven strategy to reduce nitrate levels in waterways. Cover crops are a ...