Articles about soil health
Management considerations for rolling soybean in the upper Midwest
Last updated: 06/29/2018
Management considerations for rolling soybean in the upper Midwest Jodi DeJong-Hughes, Doug Holen, Phil Glogoza On this page Acknowledgements Introduction Land rolling has...
Enhanced top soil carbon stocks under organic farming
Last updated: 06/07/2018
Systems Biology Enhanced top soil carbon stocks under organic farming Andreas Gattinger, Adrian Muller, Matthias Haeni, Colin Skinner, Andreas Fliessbach, Nina Buchmann, Paul...
Building black gold: Tour promotes smart soil techniques
Last updated: 06/02/2018
Building black gold: Tour promotes smart soil techniques Buy Now Farmers gather as Kevin Connelly discusses a cereal rye cover crop in one of his fields during a cover crop tour...
Making a Case for Winter Canola
Last updated: 05/30/2018
With low grain prices and a declining wheat acreage, Guy Swanson believes winter canola could replace a considerable amount of the winter wheat grown in the western U.S. The...
Soil health focus: Spring-planted cover crops (The Vegetable Grower)
Last updated: 05/28/2018
Soil health focus: Spring-planted cover crops (The Vegetable Grower) by Gordon C. Johnson " rel="author"> Gordon C. Johnson | Feb 9, 2018 (Editor’s note: By Gordon Johnson is a...
Research Project Verifies Dollar Return on Iowa Cover Crops
Last updated: 05/26/2018
AMES, Iowa – New research says that, depending on the size of their farms, Iowa farmers can save between $350 and $40,000 per year by grazing cattle on cover crops. The...
Tighter controls sought for polluted farm runoff
Last updated: 05/26/2018
A link has been posted to your Facebook feed. EVANSVILLE, Ind. — Indiana farmers have benefited from billions of dollars in agricultural subsidies in recent decades, some of it...
Farmers reap benefits of cover crops with better soil
Last updated: 05/13/2018
As area farmers Keith Gustafson and Dan Sutton plant their corn and soybean fields this spring, they know work they did last fall will help increase this year's yield, control...
Ready to Quit, Farmer Thrives on Soil Health
Last updated: 05/05/2018
Ron Nichols Posted by Ron Nichols on April 21, 2016 at 06:46 PM Jonathan Cobb says that with a new focus on soil health, we got rid of all of the tillage equipment, and just...
Survey Shows Indiana Remains a Top State for Cover Crops
Last updated: 05/05/2018
Indiana farmers planted 970,000 acres of cover crops in 2017, according to a recent survey. Cover crops are now the third-most planted crop in the state, next to corn and...
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