Others may want to plant a full-season cover crop mix to improve organic matter in their soil and help with the water holding capacity of the soil. “Cover crops can meet a need for diversity in the ...

Farmers can fine-tune their use of cover crops to help manage costs and maximize benefits in commercial organic production systems, according to U.S. Department of Agriculture scientists. Farmers can ...

Benjamin Kamande the investor/farmer in mixed farming is the guy with glass shades, a blue jeans and a denim shirt in the photos. The guy with a black shirt and a black cap is Edward Ngang'a- Diamond ...

Planting and growing a strategic mix of cover crops not only reduces the loss of nitrogen from farm fields, protecting water quality in the Chesapeake Bay, but the practice also contributes nitrogen ...

Mixed cropping sees farming of two or more crops simultaneously on the same farm plot without any specific pattern or arrangement. ROURKELA: The agriculture authorities of rain-fed Sundargarh district ...

Now is the time to be aggressive — not in marketing, financial decisions or crop mix shifts — but in risk management. After years of stagnant prices, the tide has turned. Tighter carryover of corn and ...