Agronomy: Termination Covers: Killing Annual Ryegrass can be like Trap Shooting
Properly terminating a cover crop in the spring is as important as properly establishing a cover crop in the fall. Annual ryegrass seems to [...]
Agronomy: Spring-Planted Cover Crops
There is a lot of interest in planting cover crops. Obviously, the best time to plant them is after wheat, vegetables or silage because [...]
Agronomy: Free Cover Crops 101 Video Series Available on YouTube
The Illinois Council on Best Management Practices (C-BMP) has introduced a series of four videos to help answer common questions about working with cover [...]
Agronomics: Don’t Let Lower Commodity Prices Sway Conservation and Soil Health
I recently have been pondering how the use of cover crops and other conservation practices on Illinois farms is likely to be impacted by [...]
Agronomics: Cover Crops: Imitating Life on the Prairie
Adding cover crops to their crop rotation can help growers improve their soil health, explained David Hammer, Ph.D., professor of Soil Genesis, University of [...]
Agronomy: Terminating Cover Crops
This article originally appeared on Iowa State University’s Integrated Crop Management News and has been reposted with permission. There is an increased interest in the use [...]
Agronomy: Fire Up Soil Quality With Cover Crops
Recent studies show how cover crops benefit soil health, water quality and farmer profits, helping to fuel a renewed interest in using cover crops, [...]
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