Cereal rye is a go-to cover crop for many producers, including organic growers looking to avoid a chemical method of weed control. Eric Yu is a University of Minnesota Extension educator on crops ...

No matter the type of farm, there’s an advantage to planting soil-feeding cover crops ahead of fall and winter. The assistance provided depends on the crops you plant. But there is definitely one out ...

When it comes to row crops in the United States, soybeans are a major player. In 2024, farmers harvested these legumes from 86.1 million acres—that’s more than the area of Indiana, Washington, and ...

Recently published research in the journal Weed Science shows that planting soybeans in a green, living cover crop provides effective control for some of the nation's most troublesome weeds when ...

A field planted with cereal rye, one of the most common cover crops in Iowa. Photo by Ally Larson/Iowa State University. AMES, Iowa – Planting ground cover in fields between cash crop growing seasons ...

Planting soybeans early continues to gain in popularity due to the yield-boosting potential of faster canopy closure, increased plant nodes, higher pod retention and more. However, risks do exist.

AMES, Iowa – Over the typical two-year rotation of corn and soybeans most Iowa farmers use, 40% of nitrous oxide emissions are in the soybean year, according to a new study by an Iowa State University ...

On our Mississippi farm, we should have been planting soybeans in April. It’s now July and they’re taking root and progressing slowly – but we’re more than 70 days behind. Weeks of unrelenting rain ...

Farmers in Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota in general planted in line with national trends for the U.S.'s three major crops: corn, soybeans and wheat. The U.S. Department of Agriculture's ...

Brian Scott blogs about farming across social media channels on The Farmer’s Life. How low can you go with soybean seeding rates and still harvest high yields? Perhaps a better question Brian Scott ...

JEFFERSON COUNTY, Ill. (WSIL)--Due to a spring filled with excessive rain, some farmers are concerned about having to delay planting their crops. John Howard, a farmer from Jefferson County, says many ...