Rotating cereal rye and winter wheat into fields of corn and soy reduces fertilizer loss by 50% in Illinois, without ...

For farmers trying to Flip their Soil and improve soil health one simple thing they can do this fall is plant cereal rye as a cover crop and plant soybeans into that stand. Soil health experts say ...

Crops like cereal rye and winter wheat are planted in the fall after corn and soybean crops are harvested. These crops keep the soil intact, helping reduce erosion and nutrient runoff, Gentry said.

More specifically, planting soybean over a cereal rye cover crop demonstrates an effective practice to both produce soybean ...

A former Washington State University graduate student is looking for farmer input about cereal rye. Laura Valli, a former ...

Scotty and Jo Herriman, of South Coffeyville, Oklahoma, were the recipients of the 2024 Oklahoma Leopold Conservation Award.

The warm sun and bright blue sky were a nice backdrop as spring field work got underway on the Jackson Farms, near Rose Hill.

The cereal rye was terminated with herbicide prior to soybean planting and allowed to decompose on the soil surface, delivering nutrients to the next crop. A key difference between the rotational ...

The long-term experiment allowed the team to learn some important lessons. One year, wet weather prevented early termination of the cereal rye cover crop, allowing it to grow too tall. The added ...