Growing thriving ground cover plants adds functional and aesthetic value to any garden. If you feel your garden is missing something, there's a good chance that the Carpathian bellflower (Campanula ...

Chickpea plant that is nitrogen-fixing and drought-tolerant blooming in a field - Sean Gallup/Getty Images Because they are primarily grown for food, you may not think of the chickpea (Cicer arietinum ...

If you haven’t taken the leap and you’re unsure about whether or not to sow a cover crop, know that it’s worth it. Specifically, when it comes to your bottom line, cover crops save money. They may not ...

AMES, Iowa – As vegetable growers and commodity farmers reach the end of the growing season and harvest their crops, faculty at Iowa State University are pushing for greater awareness of cover crops ...

A panel of farmers discussed their experiences with cover crops and soil health at HPJ Live in Wichita, Kansas, this past ...

Producers in the Southern Great Plains looking to boost soil health on their lands while earning added income from livestock grazing can now access new guidance from Texas A&M AgriLife experts.

A research plot after dairy manure slurry was injected into a growing cover crop in early spring when temperatures were cooler, A new study demonstrated that the practice achieved multiple ...

The agricultural term for ending a cover crop is “terminating a crop.” A few days ago, I terminated my buckwheat cover crop by cutting it down. I was a little late. The ideal time to terminate a ...