Summer Cover Crops for Improved Soil Health and Weed Management June 13, 2025 - From Issue: 755 By: Petrus Langenhoven Read More Summer cover crops offer clear benefits to vegetable growers and the environment. Cover cropping offers clear benefits to growers and the environment. It is a valuable opportunity to add organic[Read More…] Article Categories: Cover Crops Buckwheat Cowpea Sorghum Sudangrass Article Tags: Cover crop Soil health
Understanding Farm Decision-Making: Insights from the 2024-2025 Producer Survey June 13, 2025 - From Issue: 755 By: Petrus Langenhoven, Maria Marshall, Nathan Shoaf and Renee Wiatt Read More Small and medium-sized vegetable farms face unique challenges balancing profitability with sustainable production practices and food safety requirements. To better understand how these farmers navigate complex decision-making processes, the Soil[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Cover crop Soil health Soil to Market
Understanding Farm Decision-Making: Insights from the 2024-2025 Producer Survey May 30, 2025 - From Issue: 754 By: Maria Marshall, Petrus Langenhoven and Renee Wiatt Read More Small and medium-sized vegetable farms face unique challenges balancing profitability with sustainable production practices and food safety requirements. To better understand how these farmers navigate complex decision-making processes, the Soil[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Cover crop Irrigation Soil Fertility and Fertilizers Soil health Soil to Market
Feed the Soil, Feed your Crops… Feed your Livestock! August 6, 2024 - From Issue: 742 By: Ashley Adair Read More We’ve (already) flipped the calendar to the month of August, which means that you might be in the throes of seeding fall vegetables and purchasing some cover crop seed for[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Cover crop
Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) News – National Cover Crop Survey Report September 7, 2023 - From Issue: 727 By: Petrus Langenhoven Read More A news release from SARE dated September 5, 2023. Adapted from the Conservation Technology Information Center A new national survey report has found that the vast majority of farmers who use[Read More…] Article Categories: Cover Crops Article Tags: Cover crop SARE
Drought-busting Summer Nitrogen Fixer? Look No Further Than Cowpea June 29, 2023 - From Issue: 722 By: Ashley Adair Read More Drought tolerance is top of everyone’s mind this year. Dry conditions and cover crops don’t always mix – they use precious moisture in dryland agriculture that’s rarely returned in a[Read More…] Article Categories: Cover Crops Cowpea Article Tags: Cover crop Diversified Farming Sustainable Farming
Cover Crop Species Spotlight – Sorghum Sudangrass May 16, 2023 - From Issue: 719 By: Ashley Adair Read More What can a relative of broom corn do for you on a vegetable farm? Build biomass while beating the heat! Sorghum-sudangrass (Sorghum x drummondii) (Figure 1) is a summer-loving hybrid[Read More…] Article Categories: Cover Crops Sorghum Sudangrass Article Tags: Cover crop
Enhancing Insect Pest and Pollinator Management with Flowering Cover Crops May 16, 2023 - From Issue: 719 By: Zeus Mateos and Ian Kaplan Read More In watermelon systems in Indiana, cover crops are extensively used with the primary function of acting as a wind-break to protect the seedlings when they are planted in May. Due[Read More…] Article Categories: Cucurbits Watermelon Article Tags: Cover crop
Webinar Series – Scaling up Your Small and Medium-sized Farm March 15, 2023 - From Issue: 715 By: Petrus Langenhoven and Autumn Stoll Dr. Betty Feng’s lab within the Department of Food Science at Purdue University is hosting a series of webinars this March and April. The webinars are free to anyone who[Read More…] Article Tags: Compost Cover crop Food Safety Good Agricultural Practice Labor Soil Fertility and Fertilizers
Are You Thinking of Applying Compost to Your Soils? March 14, 2023 - From Issue: 715 By: Nathan Shoaf and Petrus Langenhoven Read More Recent price increases and supply chain shortages for fertilizers, chemicals, and energy have impacted farm profitability and viability. As a result, many Indiana farmers are interested in alternative and more[Read More…] Article Tags: Compost Cover crop Soil Fertility and Fertilizers Soil health
