The use of cover crops in vineyards is becoming an essential practice to improve wine quality and promote sustainable farming. These plants, which include grasses, legumes, and flowers, provide ...

COVER CROP ROI Ferrie’s 10 years of cover crop strip trials usually produced negative ROIs. “Even if we didn’t lose yield, there was no additional yield to offset the cost of the cover crop ...

Cold weather has descended. So, just like pulling out the electric blanket, I want to “tuck in” my garden beds with cover crops. There are several advantages to planting cover crops.

After a year of drought and weather challenges, some cattle farmers are putting in extra cover crops this fall to ease the forage burden. Here’s the top six cover crops Midwest cattle farmers are ...

It’s not going to cover your growing costs, but it’s also not going to be a total loss,” he said. The USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) oversees Federal crop insurance, providing essential coverage ...

Unverferth Manufacturing Co., Inc. announces the addition of a mounted cover crop seeder for its Rolling Harrow soil conditioner to provide time-saving, one-pass planting of these profit-enhancing ...

When Marimar Torres left Spain to pursue a wine career in California, she was breaking with hundreds of years of tradition.

A central Illinois farmer is seeing the long-term benefits of cover crops. Kris Reynolds, who farms in Montgomery County, says he’s utilized the practice for over a decade. “It was kind of a way to ...

The Agricultural Research Council (ARC) and the University of the Western Cape recently hosted an inaugural research symposium with the theme ‘Healing through food’. Dr Reckson Mulidzi, manager of the ...

There's no question that California is known for its vineyards. After all, California produces almost 80% of all the wines in ...