Changes in the agricultural landscape have brought economic benefits to the region and the state, but they are also a ...

ADAMS, Minn. — Interest in cover crops is growing across Minnesota and Iowa, and there are a lot of unanswered questions. Close to 40 people gathered in a shed on the Terry and Cindy Hamilton farm ...

DOVER, Minn. — Corn and soybeans have emerged from the soil on southeast Minnesota farmland. USDA's crop progress report released on May 27 showed that 97% of corn in Minnesota had been planted, with ...

Establishing winter cover crops after or between harvests can be a great way to preserve soil structure, protect against erosion and produce biomass that feeds the soil ecology. However, if you’re in ...

With last week’s warm and mostly dry weather farmers sped ahead on planting across the Corn Belt. USDA’s crop progress report showed Minnesota led the pace with 75% of the corn now planted, 14% ahead ...

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Cover crops play an important role in protecting the soil and water when cash crops like corn or soybean are not actively growing. The National Conservation Service promoted the use of cover crops ...

Research shows cover crops are not profitable for most farmers without cost-share payments or livestock making it a challenge to grow the practice, which can have public and agronomic benefits. Editor ...

ASHBY, Minn. — Variability is the name of the game for corn and soybean crops across the Midwest, which saw abundant rainfall that both helped and hindered the crops in the 2024 growing season. That ...

Corn crops have a voracious appetite for nitrogen. Purdue University scientists are investigating whether mulching Kura clover, a perennial legume, can provide sufficient nitrogen for corn, thus ...

With squishy black dirt from a relatively snowless winter, Minnesota farmers could have planted corn crops last month — but didn’t. They wouldn’t dare sow seeds before April 10, no matter how early ...

DES MOINES, Iowa -- Called cover crops, they top the list of tasks U.S. farmers are told will build healthy soil, help the environment and fight climate change. Yet after years of incentives and ...