GIBBON, Minn. — One innovative young farmer isn't waiting for farm equipment companies to develop the perfect interseeder. Keith Hartmann, who grows corn and soybeans near Gibbon, is integrating cover ...

You may still be getting the last of your crops in the ground from this spring’s planting, but it’s not too soon to be thinking about planting cover crops this fall to (quite literally) cover one of ...

ADAMS, Minn. — Interest in cover crops is growing across Minnesota and Iowa, and there are a lot of unanswered questions. Natural Resources Conservation Service soil scientist Dan Nath and Mower Soil ...

Cover crops are a win-win for farmers: they reduce erosion, build organic matter, improve water quality and even help suppress weeds. But, unlike other long-term conservation practices, planting cover ...

Cover crops are gaining ground in the U.S., but their adoption has not been without a number of bumps. Planting the crops on a timely basis is a top challenge farmers have wrangled with along the way.