When terminating a rye cover crop, if the cover is 12 inches or more and you’re planning on a residual herbicide, consider waiting on the residual as a second pass after the rye starts dying. We ...

Cover crops have gained much popularity across the state for various reasons including weed suppression, capturing winter moisture, managing erosion and grazing potential for livestock. While cover ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As agriculture continues to evolve and new ways of farming are being developed, cover crops have become more and more popular ...

If you are planting corn, provide adequate nitrogen for the crop during emergence and early growth stages, especially in a high residue field. A mature grass cover crop, such as cereal rye, can have a ...

Wondering how and when to terminate your cover crop? Perhaps planting green is right for you. This practice involves planting your corn or soybean crop directly into a cover crop like cereal rye or ...

Market trends and programs that effect farmers. Absolute Energy. Cover crop termination. On this episode, Dan meets with crop marketing expert Don Burns to discuss market trends and programs that ...

HAMPTON — Deciding the most effective way to kill a cover crop can be a challenge. Winter-killing, tilling, mowing and herbicides are four common methods, but not all work equally well with all types ...

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 ...

The map below was created a few days after spring termination of the cover crop. Treatments consisted of several different cover crop mixtures, as well as no cover. The field was then planted to corn ...

DES MOINES – As the number of Iowa farmers using cover crops continues to grow, it's important to help make sure these farmers have a successful experience. Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey ...