In this week’s Boots In The Field report, Farm Journal Field Agronomist Ken Ferrie answers several questions from a farmer based in southwest Ontario, Canada, who had participated in Ferrie’s Beyond ...

With proper management, crimson clover can be an excellent cover crop for your row crop fields. Here’s what you need to know about crimson clover benefits, including its nitrogen-fixing properties, ...

While farmers plant millions acres of plants like rye and clover to boost soil health and crowd out weeds, a cover crop does the same thing in the smallest home garden. With cover crops, a vegetable ...

While corn and soybean farmers deal with narrow margins, Oregon forage growers battle depressed grass seed values amid ...

The Smith family captures value from cover crops twice—first as high-quality cattle feed and then as biological fuel for no-till corn and soybeans.

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 ...

BROWNSDALE, Minn. — Look over in that soybean field, Bruce Barnum said, gesturing to the field on the west side of the gravel road where soybeans are ripening in the afternoon sun. There used to be a ...