Harold Dueck sees cover crops as a necessity in his cotton fields to protect the fragile cotton seedlings from the harsh and unpredictable west Texas winds. But in the dry climate of Gaines County, he ...

No one knows who first invented the idea of using cover crops to protect soil in agriculture fields, but by 6000 B.C. farmers ...

CHILLICOTHE – After eight years of research on no-till advantages and disadvantages with cotton crops, Dr. Paul DeLaune is convinced it’s not as much about the tillage as it is about the cover crop ...

No matter where you travel in west Texas this year, the story is the same. Drought and heat created an endless battle for area cotton farmers. “It was a devastating year,” says Casey Jones, a farmer ...

JONESBORO, Ark. (KAIT) - As farmers are grappling with the challenges of weed control, soil moisture retention, and timely production of healthy food, cover crops are emerging as a viable solution to ...

(Beyond Pesticides, November 2, 2021) Cover crops create habitat that draw in pest predators and help mitigate crop injury, finds research published in the journals Agroecosystems and Biological ...

‘Prosperity,’ customer pressure help stir cover crop interest The ‘yo-yo’ principle of managing cover crops Is USDA overpromoting cover crops? This is the first part of a four-part series examining ...

Herbicide-resistant weeds have been a long time in coming, Chris Proctor, University of Nebraska-Lincoln weed management Extension educator, told attendees recently at Soil Health U in Salina, Kansas.

Winter pea, for example, has been shown to harm cottonseed germination and growth if the cotton is planted right after the cover crop's termination. Cereal rye as a cover crop before corn is also not ...