SCIO, Ore. — Fierce competition for acreage in Oregon’s Willamette Valley is limiting the supply of cover crop seed just as demand is increasing. Seed growers haven’t planted as many acres of cover ...

Millborn launches its newest seed brand: Renovo, which markets a lineup of 80 proprietary forage, cover crop and conservation seed mixes. Renovo seed mixes will be available via a network of seed ...

Plan your cover crop termination strategy now. Consider species mix, weather conditions and nutrient management for best ...

Cover Crop Business Accelerator program, with applications being accepted on a rolling basis. The program, which started in ...

Conservation methods can help rejuvenate farmland, but the startup cost and uncertain results mean a risk many farmers still aren't willing to take. The University of Missouri Center for Regenerative ...

Producers can break even in as little as two years But seed, planting costs challenge economics Landowners can frustrate farmers’ cover crop hopes This is the second part of our four-part series ...

Inside a barn in southwest Missouri, Macauley Kincaid operates a massive contraption of wood and metal affixed with pipes, pulleys and wheels. "This was like state of the art for its time. I mean, ...

An overarching goal for planting cover crops is to produce as much biomass as possible during the growing window. Higher levels of cover crop biomass will reduce soil erosion, inhibit weed growth, and ...

Planting cover crops ahead of corn can be tricky but is not impossible. Learn which species work, which don’t and how much ...

FARIBAULT, Minn. — Which cover crops provide the most benefit to a farm’s bottom line? That’s what a Minnesota-based research project is trying to figure out. “The objective of our research isn't to ...