For the first time, farmers in California and throughout the West have a decision-support tool that recommends cover-crop ...

This year, the international panel on climate change released a landmark report and stated definitively that climate change has already begun impacting the planet. That includes the global food system ...

Oats, winter wheat, cereal rye, and barley are all cool-season soil-feeding cover crops. Their dense growth rate covers soil ...

ROCHESTER, Minn. — A growing number of producers in southeast Minnesota have started using cover crops, and the next step is maximizing the potential of them. "We're probably seeing 15% of the farms ...

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 ...

Cover crops are plants that are planted to cover the soil to keep it in place and improve soil health. They can be intercropped with other crops or planted after harvesting. The crops are mainly grown ...

Legume cover crops were effective only during the early season with a 47 percent reduction, while brassicas did not affect pigweed density. Cover crop residues remaining on the soil surface were more ...

When you think of heat-trapping greenhouse gas emissions, you might picture industrial smoke stacks or belching vehicle tailpipes. Turns out, farming also releases emissions that contribute to climate ...

Climate Change in the Ozarks," we speak with a local farmer about how more volatile weather is affecting his work and talk to ...