As fertilizer prices rise, farmers are looking to alternatives, including cover crops. But are cover crops the right option for everyone? Read moreCan Cover Crops Reduce Fertilizer Costs?
How to successfully grow both CBD and fiber-type while using cover crops and no-till. Read more5 Tips for Successful Use of Cover Crops and No-Till in Hemp
Steve Groff reviews the history of hemp from ancient times to modern struggles over legality and discusses what might be next for the industrial hemp industry. Read moreIs There Still Hope for Industrial Hemp?
When it comes to planting fall cover crops, every day counts. From planning seeding to following the harvester, here’s everything you need to know about fall cover crop planting. Read moreFall Cover Crops: Make One Day in September Worth a Week in October
It’s not too late to plant cover crops in the spring. Columnist Steve Groff shares his tips on spring planting. Read moreStrategies for Successful Spring-Planted Cover Crops
Cover crop acreage has increased significantly around the nation, and in some areas over 70% of farmland is “green” going into winter. Read more7 Barriers to Increased Cover Crop Adoption
Steve Groff offers his best advice on when to plant cover crops. Read moreWhen Is It Too Late to Plant a Cover Crop?
Let’s face it, buying cover crop seed is expensive, and with recent lower commodity prices it causes one to “sharpen the pencil” to make it pay, hence interest to grow your own seed. Read moreHow to Grow Your Own Cover Crop Seed ... Legally
Double cropping soybeans doesn’t leave a good window for planting a winter cover crop after harvest in mid-November, so the fields don’t get the residual benefits of a cover crop ahead of the next cash crop planting, which is usually corn. Read moreWhy I No Longer Plant ‘Greedy Beans’
You don’t have to be involved with cover crops very long to hear the term “C:N ratio.” It means carbon to nitrogen, a simple ratio of the mass of carbon to the mass of nitrogen in a substance. Read moreCover Crops and C:N Ratios
