Whether you’re a seasoned gardener or just starting out, integrating cover crops into your late fall gardening routine can yield remarkable benefits for your soil and plants. I completely ...

Soil degradation ... The most promising results came from the mixed cover crop treatment, which combined the benefits of both legumes and grasses. This approach improved both carbon and nitrogen ...

The following are examples of the many benefits of white ... walkways in between your cash crops. This prevents soil erosion, compaction and nutrient loss. The cover will also allow greater ...

Conservation Agriculture (CA) is an agricultural system designed to enhance productivity while protecting and conserving the environment. It aims on minimizing soil disturbance, maintaining soil cover ...

Benefits of soil organic matter ... At the scale of a watershed or crop field, the carbon sequestration capacity of the soil may be influenced by local controls on ecosystem processes.

and around a decade later Sponheim dived into strip cropping and cover crops. While Sponheim might have accidentally become a conservationist, he is seeing the benefits in yields, soil health and ...

As the layer of fertile topsoil thins, it gets increasingly difficult to grow crops for food. Without altering agricultural practices and urgently finding ways to preserve soil, the global food ...

STEWARTVILLE, Minn. - Farmers around our area had the chance to learn more about the benefits of no-till farming through ...

“Last year, this program was available to 26 counties and we have nearly doubled that for 2025. Cover Crops provide numerous benefits for soil health, but they come at a cost, so this program is key ...

Free soil-health workshops in person and online are planned for February to cover no-till, reduced tillage, cover crops in corn, grazing cattle and more. In Stewartville, the Olmsted Soil & Water ...