Data show certain farming practices can have serious unintended health consequences. When produced in harmony with nature, ...

For Jeremy Gustafson, fighting to protect Iowa’s precious soil and water is more than just advocating for proper land ...

Bazile Groundwater Management Area Project and Bow Creek Watershed Project are teaming up with Junior Pfanstiel to host a ...

Cover Crops. The Reddicks’ unique cover crop system builds soil organic matter, reduces erosion and suppresses weeds. A blend of cover crop species is custom matched for each field’s crop rotation. ..

While corn and soybeans dominate the Midwestern landscape today, some farmers are integrating strips of native prairie back into their fields. This conservation practice has expanded to more than ...

Garnstone Farms’ SFI agreement encompasses an array of options, including overwinter cover crops, herbal leys, buffer strips, companion cropping and no-insecticide crops.

Areas with cover crops have significantly lower spikes in ammonia and phosphorus, and the effect persists until the end of the growing season. ... vegetative buffer strips, and cover crops." ...

Cover Crops: A Green Armor. ... Around 22% of farmers have adopted edge-of-field practices like buffer strips and wetlands to filter runoff and improve water quality.

Forbes' latest edition of its Fresh Take newsletter explores waning usage of cover crops, Panda Express CEO Peggy Cherng, how to fight inflation at the grocery store.