New grant funding aims to prevent phosphorus runoff, which will support environmental protection projects and also assist ...

Using budgets, storing fodder and ensuring pastures are healthy are the keys to the Garratt family’s dairy success ...

Stimulating nitrogen release from the soil may deplete soil organic matter within 20 years. Depletion could lead to reduced crop yields, resilience to drought, increased soil erosion, and a decline in ...

Across much of the Midwest, the atmosphere is becoming warmer and retaining more water, leading to heavier downpours. A two-crop system called relay intercropping could help farmers buffer weather ...

Gully erosion is the most severe form of soil erosion, and it can seriously impact agricultural fields, contributing to sediment loss and nutrient runoff into waterways. Gullies can be triggered ...

To maintain soil that produces successful crops, it helps to give it a rest now and then.That's what cover crops are all about. They prevent erosion, retain moisture, suppress weeds, reduce ...

Soil health matters, and farmers agree. We know firsthand how important healthy soil is. It’s why we plant cover crops to prevent soil erosion. It’s why we rotate what crops we plant in a field to ...

Learn about the benefits of crop diversity and why they're key to sustainable farming!

Soybeans planted in cereal rye cover crop. Planting cover crops can reduce soil erosion, break up compacted soil, provide a habitat for beneficial insects and wildlife, and prevent latent ...

Research into regenerative agricultural practices found the clearest benefit for minimising bare soil.

Utilising a cover crop would have a range of benefits such as reduced soil erosion, increased biodiversity and improved soil health ...