An overarching goal for planting cover crops is to produce as much biomass as possible during the growing window. Higher levels of cover crop biomass will reduce soil erosion, inhibit weed growth, and ...

What has kept the strategy of planting corn in 20" rows or narrower from gaining wide acceptance? “A 325-lb. NFL lineman wouldn’t make a very good race horse jockey,” says Harry Stine, owner of Stine ...

Warmer temperatures and a drier forecast are pointing to the possibility of more farmers starting to plant across the Midwest this week. As farmers gear up and nail down planting depth, row spacing is ...

As spring warms the soil, gardeners begin the enjoyable and satisfying work of transferring seedlings and young starts into prepared beds. Whether we are growing ornamentals or edibles (or both), the ...