Insights and Stories on Cover Crops

Finding the right fit for cover crops

Jan. 26, 2024 at 9:57 am CST

Farmers with years of experience growing cover crops have made the practice part of their regular cropping operations after finding ways to make it work. A panel of cover crop growers at the Southwest Ag Conference showed that cover crop practices vary greatly by farm and area. Ken Schaus, of […]

Getting plants to do your tillage

Sep. 15, 2023 at 11:29 am CDT

By Ralph Pearce

How to get the most from farm drainage investment

Jul. 28, 2023 at 9:39 am CDT

By Glacier FarmMedia staff

Soil health main focus of cover-croppers

Jun. 2, 2023 at 2:22 pm CDT

By Gord Leathers

assiniboine community college net positive network

Multi-million-dollar fund greenlights soil health projects

Feb. 21, 2023 at 3:11 pm CST

By Alexis Stockford

German seed company buys Prairie forage seed firm

May. 5, 2022 at 8:14 pm CDT

A Prairie company producing and selling forage, turf and grass seed for international and domestic markets is set to be an early foothold for a German seed firm in North America. DSV (Deutsche Saatveredelung) announced last week it has reached a deal in early April to buy up all shares […]

By Dave Bedard

U.S. farm co-op CHS to pay members to enrol in Bayer carbon farming program

Nov. 3, 2021 at 9:42 am CDT

Reuters – Agricultural seeds and chemicals supplier Bayer AG is expanding its carbon farming program to members of U.S. farm cooperative CHS Inc, boosting incentives for members to participate in the program, the companies said on Wednesday. The agreement will make it easier for CHS’s 75,000 farmer-members to enrol in […]

By Karl Plume

Bayer launches carbon capture pilot for U.S., Brazilian farmers

Jul. 21, 2020 at 7:21 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Bayer launched a pilot program in the United States and Brazil on Tuesday that will pay farmers for capturing carbon in cropland soils, making it the latest agriculture company to capitalize on environmental initiatives. The company seeks to enroll about 1,200 row crop growers in its […]

By Karl Plume

Handful of arable soil in hands of responsible farmer, close up, selective focus

Four ways to increase your organic matter

Apr. 10, 2018 at 11:28 am CDT

By Kevin Elmy

Canada’s soils still degrading, albeit more slowly

Sep. 8, 2017 at 3:28 pm CDT

The rate of degradation of soils in Canada has slowed, but it still is happening at a significant rate and there is still a lot to learn. There are no soil-perfect systems yet for crop production, attendees at the Summit on Canadian Soil Health held recently in Guelph heard repeatedly. […]

By John Greig

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