A version of this story first appeared on Missouri’s KBIA. Regenerative agriculture methods, such as cover crops, are one way farmers try to improve the health of their overworked soil. But adopting ...

Chickpea plant that is nitrogen-fixing and drought-tolerant blooming in a field - Sean Gallup/Getty Images Because they are primarily grown for food, you may not think of the chickpea (Cicer arietinum ...

Most people sow forage radishes in the fall and allow the winter’s cold weather to terminate the crop without manual intervention. However, you can sow these as winter cover crops in February as long ...

GOSHEN — Purdue Extension Elkhart County is offering free cover crop seed while supplies last. Small packets have been made up to seed roughly a 100 square foot area (10 feet by 10 feet, for example, ...

SALEM, Ore. — However many advantages can be gained from cover crops, they can’t do much good without first getting planted. Farmers with short growing seasons may lack the opportunity to establish ...

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 ...

Three thousand years ago, farmers in China nurtured their soil with a technique I am just now exploring. Those ancient farmers understood, no doubt from experience, that leaving their soil bare over ...

RAFT RIVER — Nathan Gartner is trying to figure out how to make his irrigation water do double duty so he can maintain profitability while farming fewer acres. He thinks cover crops may be part of ...

WOOLSTOCK, Iowa — For six months of the year much of Iowa’s soil is bare, which can result in erosion and leaching of nitrogen and phosphorus, said Sarah Carlson, research and policy director for ...

BRANDON, Iowa - After Dick Sloan graduated from Iowa State University with a biology degree, his first job took him to an Eastern city. "But living in a big city was not for me," he said. He returned ...

Most herbs take between a week and one month to germinate, which makes them some of the first you should start among other ...

Get a head start this February: Here's 7 seeds to sow indoors this month.