No one knows who first invented the idea of using cover crops to protect soil in agriculture fields, but by 6000 B.C. farmers ...

Regenerative agriculture methods, such as cover crops, are one way farmers try to improve the health of their overworked soil ...

Farmers usually plant so-called cover crops after harvesting their main crop in the Fall. This prevents erosion of the soil and nutrient leaching. The roots of these crops also stabilize the structure ...

According to the Iowa Nutrient Reduction Strategy, an initiative aimed at reducing nitrogen and phosphorus runoff into Iowa’s ...

One year away from a federal deadline to reduce nutrient runoff into the Gulf of Mexico by 20%, increases in tile drainage, livestock and fertilizer use have made success unlikely. CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa ...

New research from Iowa State University, that builds on research released last fall, finds that only 6.6 percent of cover ...

A combine harvests corn, Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2023, at a farm near Allerton, Ill. Cover crops top the list of tasks U.S. farmers are told will build healthy soil, help the environment and fight climate ...

Throughout the summer, floods and storms destroyed farms throughout Iowa. Many of the crop acres were completely washed out by the flooding, especially in the northwest portion of the state. On fields ...

Much of the research on regenerative farming practices, such as no-till or cover crops, has looked at the benefits to the environment and the soil. Now a new study finds these farming practices also ...

Farmers used to plant "cover crops" to rejuvenate fields in the off season. As those were replaced with chemicals, the soil of America's farms suffered. Bringing back the old practice has surprising ...

DES MOINES, Iowa, Sept. 30-- The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship issued the following news on Sept. 29, 2022: Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig announced today that the Iowa ...