Oats: A Hardy and Efficient Cover Crop Oats (Avena sativa) are a dependable cover crop for October, known for their hardiness and efficiency in protecting and enriching the soil. Native to Europe ...

In the garden, when a melon harvest was complete at the end of August and potatoes dug in early September, the bare ground ...

Results from the annual Iowa Nutrient Research & Education Council crop survey show Iowa farmers planted more than 3.8 ...

It's such a simple solution, but it works wonders! Oats are a wonderful choice for gardeners looking for a cover crop that's gentle on the soil. Native to Europe and western Asia, oats are ...

On a recent September morning, Ramthun sat on a patio just a short distance from her family’s old barn, looked out beneath ...

Examples of typical and not-so-common cover crops used in corn and soybean rotations were featured in a recent plot tour on ...

“The idea is to get wheat and cover crops to shade out the thistle and compete,” she ... whole wheat pancake mix, wheat ...

Other small grains such as barley or oats would generate similar benefits ... Midwest states who grow a small grain followed by a cover crop, to provide them either with cost share assistance ...

Intercropped yields of the beans and oats achieved 5.4t/ha, while the barley and peas were 4.1t/ha. “There is a huge industry focus on the benefits of multi-species cover crops, but why are we ...

Cropping includes wheat, oats and spring beans. Read more articles by Billy Lewis In a miraculous turn of events, we managed ...

Results from the annual Iowa Nutrient Research & Education Council crop survey show Iowa farmers planted more than 3.8 ...