BROOKINGS — As a challenging row crop planting season finally wraps up for 2019 in South Dakota, many producers are looking to plant cover crops on unplanted acres to provide forage, control weeds, ...

This week's gardening column includes advice on improving your soil with cover crops or coffee grounds and for propagating snake plants.

In late summer plant cover crops like ryegrass, rapeseed or oats which grow quickly in cool weather. In early spring turn the dead plant material into the soil and plant. The soil will contain more ...

Cover crops, also called green manure, are an excellent tool for vegetable gardeners. They are grown not for harvest, but instead to improve the soil's physical structure and fertility. Some are even ...

Oats, daikon radish and legumes like vetch, fava or bell beans, as well as annual clovers, peas and wildflowers, will help replenish your soil. Even though daytime temperatures remain warm, the fall, ...

CORVALLIS, Ore. – No one wants to think of harvest’s end as the vegetable garden reaches peak, but now’s the time to plant over-winter cover crops to improve your soil for next season. If you’re not ...

BRANDON, Iowa - After Dick Sloan graduated from Iowa State University with a biology degree, his first job took him to an Eastern city. "But living in a big city was not for me," he said. He returned ...

A panel of farmers discussed their experiences with cover crops and soil health at HPJ Live in Wichita, Kansas, this past ...

With summer over, many of us are putting our garden beds to sleep until spring. But if you’re leaving your beds bare, you are missing out on an opportunity to improve your soil and give your garden a ...

As the growing season winds down, you might think your garden has reached its final stage for the year. But mid-November can still be a great time to improve your soil and prepare for next spring with ...

Producers can break even in as little as two years But seed, planting costs challenge economics Landowners can frustrate farmers’ cover crop hopes This is the second part of our four-part series ...