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

A cormorant flaps its wings as a water scooter passes through the Chesapeake Bay’s Brewerton Channel near Pasadena, Maryland, ...

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

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

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

Cover Crops: A Green Armor About 27% of Iowa farmers are expanding their use of cover crops like rye or clover to enhance soil health and prepare for extreme weather events.

Counting the number of farms using cover crops, buffer strips or bioreactors is “a more holistic, and frankly more realistic way, to actually measure progress” than quantifying pollutant ...

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 ...

Buffer strips reduce soil erosion by up to 50%. As vegetation grows, it holds the soil in place and traps moisture that continuously feeds the plants in the strip. The best buffer strips incorporate ...

The agency advises farmers to choose appropriate crops, use cover crops, maintain buffer strips and avoid overgrazing.

These findings further support the use of management practices such as conservation tillage, vegetative buffer strips, and cover crops." ...