Washington researchers are seeking growers interested in experimenting with buckwheat on their farms. Buckwheat is a “cash crop, cover crop and something in between,” said Rachel Breslauer, a graduate ...

Mid-Missouri's long growing season allows us to have several plantings. Some are planted in the spring (brassicas, greens, cabbage, bush beans, etc.) and can be planted again in the fall. But what do ...

PLYMOUTH NOTCH — Buckwheat used to be called the “lazy farmer’s crop.” It would grow anywhere, the soil didn’t have to be that fertile, and farmers could plant it in June and still harvest a good crop ...

‘Prosperity,’ customer pressure help stir cover crop interest The ‘yo-yo’ principle of managing cover crops Is USDA overpromoting cover crops? This is the first part of a four-part series examining ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... For an Earth-friendly garden, keep a succession of plants in the soil by planting cover crops. These are plants grown to improve the soil rather than for ...

Farmers see a variety of benefits when using cover crops in their fields and home gardeners can do the same. “Having living tissue, living plants on the garden the whole year increases soil health, ...

Establishing multispecies cover crops into a standing crop of wheat has shown promise in a replicated large-scale trial in ...

Maybe after you finish your vegetable harvest, you mentally say, “I’m done this year,” and wait to start again next year. But a cover crop could benefit you in several ways. By researching now, you ...

In order to improve soil heath and organic matter, vegetable gardeners should aim to have actively growing plants in the garden for 10 or eleven months each year. This is desirable because organisms ...