But over his 40 years as a corn and soybean farmer in Champaign County, Stierwalt said soil erosion, which can cause ...

Trees provide many benefits to the environment and our health and well-being. These long-lived members of our landscapes and ...

When it comes to till vs. no-till, there is give and take in any situation, according to an Ashland County soil conservationist.

Planting ground cover in fields between cash crop growing seasons is an effective way to prevent farmland from losing soil ...

Cover crops help avoid soil erosion and runoff. Gov. JB Pritzker is proposing a 31% funding cut to a program that helps ...

These crops keep the soil intact, helping reduce erosion and nutrient runoff, Gentry said. Tilling the soil and leaving it bare for the fall, winter and spring increases soil erosion and boosts ...

Photo by Ally Larson/Iowa State University. AMES, Iowa – Planting ground cover in fields between cash crop growing seasons is an effective way to prevent farmland from losing soil carbon from erosion, ...