A tropical grass is showing benefits to crops on Prince Edward Island. It's already being used in the potato rotation and new ...

If you have compacted soils, consider using a brassica cover crop such as tillage radish. Its hearty taproots will break up the soil and improve soil aeration. To determine the quantity of seed needed ...

Mitchell then turned to Plan B – renting a rototiller to till the whole area and planting seeds of three cover crops (crimson clover, tillage radish, and buckwheat). “By early fall ...

Options for brassica cover crops include rapeseed or forage turnips. Rapeseed germinates in temperatures as low as 36°F but needs 41°F to grow. It germinates with a water weight of 500% of its weight ...

Continue reading for more information on black radish and how to produce it. The root vegetable, black Spanish radishes, belongs to the Brassicaceae family of plants. They share a family tree with ...

A network on regional cover crop champions have been appointed across the UK to address complications associated with this farming technique and share lessons. The eight cover crop champs selected ...

The arrival of new crops would further cushion the impact ... could result in increased oilseed production and is likely to further reduce inflationary pressures. Credit rating agency ICRA ...

Here’s a way you can help protect the U.S. food system from pests, disease and climate change. All you have to do is plant a seed. Each year, hundreds of American gardeners sign up for a citizen ...

Robbie grows potatoes in his rotation, which also includes barley, wheat, oilseed rape and winter beans ... A strip till machine has established the cover crop mix (buckwheat, phacelia, berseem clover ...