Browsing: cover crop

Editor’s note: The following was written by Mark Licht, associate professor and Extension cropping systems specialist with Iowa State University…

DECATUR, Ill. — Ryan Myers, a Fairbury, Illinois, crop farmer, is always looking for ideas to grow more productive crops…

Keith Gorham made the move to regenerative agriculture seven years ago, and the Illinois farmer wishes he had done it…

LEXINGTON, Ill. — Researchers are helping Midwest farmers explore what crops they might add to a traditional corn-soybean rotation. Pennycress…

While feed efficiency is always important, it becomes even more so when grain prices are high.Tackling higher feed bills requires…

Iowa farmer Chris Edgington took over as president of the National Corn Growers Association in October 2021.Edgington raises corn and…

Rising temperatures and sporadic rainfall expected to come with climate change will likely be detrimental to corn yields. But some…

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — When others were wringing their hands over the tragic dust storm that led to the death of…

The 2022 Census of Agriculture results won’t be released until 2024, but data from that survey will be important to…

As cover crops continue to grow in use, the best advice for those looking to adopt the practice is to…