When the Southern Cover Crops Council held its annual conference recently in Baton Rouge, I was fortunate to sit in on panel discussions with farmers and specialty crops (vegetables, fruits, nuts and ...

Cover crops are extremely important soil food web tools. Anyone listening to the “Teaming With Microbes” podcasts knows I am into them. Depending on which you use, these plants are capable of breaking ...

Gail Hall of Santa Rosa asks: What are the benefits of a cover crop for my vegetable garden? Cover crops have the ability to improve soil conditions by breaking up compaction through root penetration, ...

A large raised garden bed with leeks growing alongside a green manure cover crop to suppress weeds and enrich the soil - La Huertina De Toni/Shutterstock It's common for home gardeners to give their ...

A few weeks ago a reader and a friend from the pool who lives near Loudonville asked me if a person could leave his cereal rye in the field this season. I said I’m not sure, but I’ll find out if that ...

In the fall, you might be tempted to remove the dead plant material, till your garden soil a bit, and put your garden to bed for the winter without another thought. However, you can also grow cover ...

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — The Agriculture and Food Agency is urging farmers to plant cover crops during the winter rice fallow period, with nationwide promotion planned this year for up to 35,000 ...

WORTHINGTON -- If you are a crop producer in southern Minnesota, odds are you have had your share of drowned out spots in fields this year. Depending on field drainage and the rainfall received, there ...