cover crops

How one Wisconsin farm pursues land and water conservation

Do you know the purpose, cause, or belief that drives you? Author Simon Sinek calls this “finding your why.” On…

5 years ago

Building Roots for a More Water Secure California

Photo: NRCS Scientists Holding Up Two Soil Samples. US Department of Agriculture, Natural Resource Conservation Service The recently released National…

5 years ago

Cover Crops Look to be Changing Runoff Dynamics in Kansas

This spring and summer have been exciting months at the Kansas Agricultural Watershed (KAW) Field Research Facility. Nathan Nelson, Professor…

6 years ago

Attack of the Killer Algae

Photo: Algal bloom on Lake Erie A roving pack of journalists shake off the rain in a squat, one-story federal…

6 years ago

Water quality deal lacks allure in swath of Iowa

Photo: Jack Boyer of Reinbeck refills his air seeder Nov. 10 before spreading for cover crops on his farm in…

6 years ago