Cover crops are plants specifically grown ... soil health during the winter months. Austrian winter peas establish quickly, providing dense ground cover that protects the soil from erosion and ...

Crops and freezing weather don't typically mix, but one TikToker has a hack to help gardeners during those harsh winter ...

Soil stays put – As a ground cover, rye effectively holds ... it to a more ideal condition for the next crop. 10. It plays nicely with others – Winter rye is an ideal partner to seed together ...

People and plants alike are impacted by winter weather. King farmer April Robertson of Robertson Family Farm says cold, wet ...

Cover crops are proven to increase available nutrients, water and organic matter and reduce soil erosion over the winter months ... weather-tight roll tarp with ground-level operation.

and traders are concerned about the bitter cold killing winter wheat crops because of a lack of snow cover; however, a storm system also is forecast to move across the U.S., which could provide ...

Covering the ground cuts down on soil ... Some of those winterkill cover crop options suggested by the University of Minnesota include winter rye, oats and forage or tillage radish.

Winter Camelina oilseed crop is harvested in mid-June ... is winter hardy in Minnesota so it provides a fall and spring ground cover for fields. Winter camelina is currently grown on a few ...

They may shade the ground, thus reducing temperature fluctuation and ... than those where a winter hardy crop was killed chemically in the spring. Winter-killed cover crops form a mulch in the spring ...

Winter crops were generally sown into fairly good conditions ... Many farmers are starting to experiment with innovations such as cover crops and biopesticides. Our SRUC trials programme shows that ...

Because of a lack of snow cover, traders are concerned about the bitter cold killing winter wheat crops. However, a storm system is also progressing across the U.S., according to a weather report ...