When growers add cover crops, it’s important to select and manage the crop according to the primary objective for the crop. Cover crops usually are planted to benefit the soil and are not harvested.

"Most varieties of small grains are bred and selected for grain production and rye is no exception," said experts with The Noble Foundation. "Forage production from these crops is considered a ...

It’s been a good start to cereal harvest, with forage rye now safely into the clamps before the end of June. Unfortunately, the cold spring and lack of moisture had a detrimental effect on yield, ...

David Karki of SDSU underlined that planting cover crops like rye is not so much about big yield increases, but it will make the land more tolerant of fluctuations in weather. David Karki, a South ...

Fall-planted cover crops are often used as part of an integrated weed control program in herbicide-resistant soybean crops. But researchers writing in the journal Weed Technology say not all cover ...

“Cereal rye is the most cold-tolerant of the cool-season annual species,” Beck said. “Rye is unique among the small grains in that it can reseed itself to some extent. This makes it unwanted for ...

This young farmer is implementing diversification on his family farm. After graduating from the University of Missouri in 2011, Lance Dobson returned to his family farming operation in Lexington, Mo.

WESTMINSTER, Colorado - April 23, 2020 - Cover crops have a well-documented role to play in suppressing troublesome weeds. But what happens as those cover crops degrade? A new study featured in the ...