Advocates of conservation agriculture have long insisted that farmers who adopt use of practices such as cover cropping and no till or reduced till cultivation can improve the water-holding capacity ...

FAIRMONT, Minn. — Cover crops can help conserve soil. Cover crops were one of the topics during a series of third-crop meetings hosted in Fairmont by Rural Advantage. Grasses, legumes, forbs, and ...

As a farmer, increasing crop productivity and profitability helps your operation to succeed, both now and in the long term. That’s why protecting your land matters. It’s balanced to sustain plants, ...

Earth Day has many of us thinking about what we can do to conserve our planet’s natural resources. For farmers, this thought is a pretty frequent one. After all, how they manage natural resources like ...

Farmer Steve Stierwalt is shown near strip-till equipment Friday, Aug. 16, 2019, in Sadorus. Reporter Farmer Steve Stierwalt is shown near strip-till equipment Friday, Aug. 16, 2019, in Sadorus.