DOVER, Minn. — Corn and soybeans have emerged from the soil on southeast Minnesota farmland. USDA's crop progress report released on May 27 showed that 97% of corn in Minnesota had been planted, with ...

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 ...

With last week’s warm and mostly dry weather farmers sped ahead on planting across the Corn Belt. USDA’s crop progress report showed Minnesota led the pace with 75% of the corn now planted, 14% ahead ...

Planting cover crops in fields can help not only rejuvenate soil health but also improve water quality, as recommended by the Hawk Creek Watershed Project in Olivia. Healthy soils are the foundation ...

Cover crops have become a major part of Tom Cotter’s Minnesota operation. He earned this year’s Leopold Conservation Award ...

ASHBY, Minn. — Variability is the name of the game for corn and soybean crops across the Midwest, which saw abundant rainfall that both helped and hindered the crops in the 2024 growing season. That ...

Pick the most effective cover crop termination strategy. Learn which method and timing will best support soil health, residue ...

Tom Cotter of Austin is the recipient of the 2025 Minnesota Leopold Conservation Award.  The award honors farmers, ranchers, ...

Cover crops play an important role in protecting the soil and water when cash crops like corn or soybean are not actively growing. The National Conservation Service promoted the use of cover crops ...

With squishy black dirt from a relatively snowless winter, Minnesota farmers could have planted corn crops last month — but didn’t. They wouldn’t dare sow seeds before April 10, no matter how early ...

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 ...

Minnesota crop farmers are off to a good start for the second consecutive year, thanks largely to recent warm and dry weather. Eighty-nine percent of Minnesota's corn crop has been planted, 40 percent ...