The practices that are eligible for funding include cover crops, no-till or strip till and using a nitrification inhibitor when applying fall fertilizer.
A team of Purdue University researchers is studying how cover crops and controlled drainage of water might help agriculture become more resilient to the stresses of variable weather and climate.
The USDA’s Risk Management Agency released Frequently Asked Questions on cover crop management and the Natural Resources Conservation Service Cover Crop Termination Guidelines.
Cover Crop Solutions, a cover crop seed producer and agronomic solutions company, has named Dr. Tracy Blackmer director of research.
The annual conference will offer the latest information on conservation tillage including cover crops, no-till, soil quality, seeding technology, water quality and nutrient management.
The Conservation Technology Information Center (CTIC) has announced its Cover Crop Summit will take place November 20-21 in the Fort Wayne, IN, area.
The Conservation Technology Information Center (CTIC) has received a $482,000 Conservation Innovation Grant to study the benefits of cover crops.
It is generally accepted by growers and researchers that nutrient losses can be more pronounced in no-till production […]
A USDA assessment shows the benefits of farmer-led conservation efforts to reducing the loss of sediment and nutrients from farm fields.
During the 2012 drought, corn and soybean yields improved following cover crops, according to a recently released report […]
Over the past year there has been some disagreement among USDA agencies concerning cover crops. The Natural Resources […]
Several farmers and other agriculture professionals in Livingston County, IL, will soon be in the national spotlight. The […]
One of the Midwest’s experts on cover crops will be in Indiana on June 25 to talk to […]
Registration has opened for the Conservation Technology Information Center’s 2013 Conservation In Action Tour, which will explore innovative […]
The Midwest suffered the worst drought in years last summer, and Midwest soil has been suffering from a […]
Using cover crops such as oilseed radish, cereal rye, cowpea or Austrian winter pea can help growers improve […]
Dr. Fred Luckey, chairman of Field To Market, the Keystone Alliance for Sustainable Agriculture, Keystone, CO, perhaps said […]
The Indiana Certified Crop Adviser Conference will be December 18-19 at the Indianapolis Marriott East, 7202 E. 21st […]
Farmers should consider the short- and long-term effects of fall tillage on their fields and not just the […]