If you’re wondering which cover crop might be best for your farm, you’ll want to check out the Cover Crop Chart from the USDA’s Northern Great Plains Research Laboratory. The interactive PDF outlines ...

With several weed species in the state now resistant to multiple herbicide groups, many growers are looking for ways to diversify their management strategies. Cover crops may be another tool in the ...

Why let your fields lie fallow until April when you can take advantage of the coming slow months to improve soil quality? Though a couple cover crops, like white clover and millet, require spring or ...

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 harvest. I prepare the soil for the next year ...

MANDAN, N.D.-The colorful chart behind Holly Johnson looks a little like the periodic table of elements, only instead of elements, there are carefully arranged columns of crops. The chart has been in ...

In order to improve soil heath and organic matter, vegetable gardeners should aim to have actively growing plants in the garden for 10 or eleven months each year. This is desirable because organisms ...

Cover crops provide a number of agronomic benefits, including weed suppression, which is important as cases of herbicide resistance continue to rise. To effectively suppress weeds, high cover crop ...