We are quickly approaching the time to start thinking about fall cover crop options. In our business, we have seen some excellent soil health and erosion benefits from cover crops and encourage ...

After crops are no longer taking up nutrients and water ... Dry soil conditions can present challenges when collecting fall soil samples. However, careful planning can help you get the most out of ...

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 ...

As the combines start rolling across the country farmers are focused on taking the crops off the land. However, it’s a great time for farmers to also be thinking about planting cover crops to ...

Cover crops can extend the grazing season in the fall. Cover crops are annual forages. Berseem clover doesn't produce much forage, but horses prefer it the most. Horses do not readily eat radish and ...

It lists every month, sectioned into chunks of three: one each for Spring, Summer, Fall, and Winter. Each crop's planting season is shown as the green lines on the calendar. The months that these ...

Several species of armyworms can be found in the Midwest each year. Fall armyworm moths arrive to the Midwest later in the season and are typically attracted to extremely late planted corn, which can ...

In 1999, the fall armyworm were reported in Somalia before they spread to Rwanda, Burundi then later Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania where thousands of hectares of crops were destroyed. This prompted ...

“I’ve been looking at crops and doing this bug thing for well over 40 years, and I can tell you right now that this fall, armyworm outbreak is the worst I’ve seen in my career,” says Gus ...