A growing number of people equate sustainable farming with organic farming. That’s a mistake. At the Center for Rural Affairs we look beyond labels and focus on core values – ...

The strategies to address water and soil quality in the farm fields in your community keep moving forward, thanks to a state ...

Who do you talk to when you have questions about buffer strip regulations? How about questions regarding septic issues, water runoff and feedlots? It will soon be easier to find out. Three ...

DOUGLAS COUNTY — Prairie strips, buffer strips, vegetative strips, terraces - a strip by any other name is still doing good ...

Our devastation of nature is so extreme that reversing even a small part of it requires painstaking, quixotic efforts.

Ferrie’s 10 years of cover crop strip trials usually produced negative ROIs. “Even if we didn’t lose yield, there was no additional yield to offset the cost of the cover crop,” he says.

"They grow within rainfed agroecosystems and deeply understand the value of maintaining a healthy mosaic landscape—one that balances food crops, cash crops, and forests. However, achieving this ...

The Google cofounder has donated more than $1.5 billion to Parkinson’s research. Now, as he takes on autism, he’s also investing in startups that might help.

Farmers can now browse, filter, and compare cover crop incentive programs online with a new website, costsharecompare.com, built by the Iowa Agriculture Water Alliance. The IAWA seeks help farmers tra ...

An extension crops educator sees cover crops as a compliment to other weed control tactics. Liz Stahl with the University of Minnesota says herbicides remain the most effective tool for managing weeds ...

After a year of drought and weather challenges, some cattle farmers are putting in extra cover crops this fall to ease the forage burden. Here’s the top six cover crops Midwest cattle farmers are ...