Cover crops are becoming increasingly important as a component of sustainable agriculture production. “Properly managed cover crops can reduce soil losses from wind and water erosion, reduce nitrogen ...
Ross Evelsizer (left), natural resource projects director with Northeast Iowa Resource Conservation and Development, and Mike Bretz (right), a regenerative farmer in Buchanan County, Iowa, stand in a ...
FOX LAKE — The Fox Lake Preservation Organization has provided more than 12,000 pounds of free cereal rye seed to the Schultz (TriFecta) Farm, Dale Paul Farm and the Hoekstra Farm in Fox Lake to plant ...
As we head into the end of the growing and gardening season, it’s important to show your garden some love after it has provided all season long for you and yours. My preferred cover crop mix is oats, ...