New fact sheets help producers balance soil health, forage production and profitability in Southern Great Plains.

For Charlie and Jeremy Kootz, a father-son team farming near the Kannapolis Reservoir in Ellsworth County, cover crops are more than conservation. For them, it’s about building healthier soils, ...

Oats, winter wheat, cereal rye, and barley are all cool-season soil-feeding cover crops. Their dense growth rate covers soil ...

MORA, Minn. — Beef cattle can graze many things, but grazing cover crops may be new for many. Anytime livestock move into a new eating regime, there can be performance and cost fluctuations. Eric ...

BLOOMINGTON, Minn. — Producer interest in cover crops has grown in leaps and bounds in recent years as researchers uncover more about how cover crops benefit soil health. Livestock can add value to ...

STARKVILLE, Miss.—Cover crops provide a host of benefits including protecting fallow ground during winter. However, the crops may offer more rewards than soil health and erosion control when used as a ...

In early August the Nicklas Family no tilled a seven species cover crop grazing mix into wheat stubble. With the great growing conditions they have received, they plan to start grazing the sixteen ...

Cattle producers can maximize the productivity of their farm ground while improving soil health by grazing cover crops. Producers can learn more about the benefits of cover crop grazing and practical ...

As fields start to green up from last fall’s cover crops, cattle producers can’t wait to get cows out of calving yards and onto fresh grass. Cover crops can also provide feed for dairy replacement ...