Spring gardening excitement often kicks in long before the weather fully cooperates, and that impatience isn’t a bad thing if ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... For an Earth-friendly garden, keep a succession of plants in the soil by planting cover crops. These are plants grown to improve the soil rather than for ...

Think it's too early to plant veggies? January is actually the ideal time to get many crops started, whether they're planted ...

Michigan State study shows corn planting success depends on soil conditions and weather forecasts, not just calendar timing.

Nagel: If soil conditions are fit, we have certainly seen the benefits of April planted soybeans. Late March or very early ...

TAHLEQUAH – The change in season has local farmers planting fall crops, and their winter soil preparation methods are based on personal experience — plus how much work they want to do. Farmers at the ...

According to the Iowa Nutrient Reduction Strategy, an initiative aimed at reducing nitrogen and phosphorus runoff into Iowa’s ...

Walking through his last field of corn to plant, west central Illinois farmer Brent Johnson was nearing the finish line last Monday. Missing the spotty pop-up showers, he finished planting corn that ...

Cover Crop Conversations: Farmer-to-Farmer Insights Across Illinois is back for another exclusive session with questions and ...