As a perennial crop, grape production implicates many practices that deplete soil health and decrease or limit vine productivity. A majority of the vineyards in the Lake Erie grape region have been in ...

New research carried out over three years in Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc vineyard by grape grower Kirsty Harkness and viticulture researcher Dr. Mark Krasnow has found that hemp is a viable cover crop ...

You may remember when cover crops were referred to as “green manure,” which required being “plowed under.” We now know that ...

No matter the type of farm, there’s an advantage to planting soil-feeding cover crops ahead of fall and winter. The assistance provided depends on the crops you plant. But there is definitely one out ...

What’s cover cropping all about, anyway? As with many eco initiatives, what was old is new again: Cover crops (or fallow season plantings; see more below) were first used during the Roman Empire as a ...

County Executive PJ Wendel discusses challenges local grape farmers have due to the late April frost. PORTLAND – Possibly 75% of the concord grape harvest in Chautauqua County may have been damaged by ...

Using satellite imagery and government data, researchers measured a 5% increase in voluntary, or non-subsidized, cover crop ...

A field planted with cereal rye, one of the most common cover crops in Iowa. Photo by Ally Larson/Iowa State University. AMES, Iowa – Planting ground cover in fields between cash crop growing seasons ...

While there are several good options for terminating cover crops, it’s important to understand which cover crop termination methods work best for your specific cover cropping system and overall ...