WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Poor spring weather could throw another curve at farmers already behind in the count on crop planting. Alongside the fields ready for corn and soybean seed could be hay crops ...

Spring planting in mulch helps control weeds, including reducing the need to weed as much. Few weeds will come up through a 4-inch layer of hay. In spring we plant several crops into hay mulch to help ...

CHICO — Chico High School seniors Andrew Mendonca and Kyle Nichols will have some money in the bank by next spring if the market and the weather cooperate. The two agriculture students put their ...

When growers add cover crops, it’s important to select and manage the crop according to the primary objective for the crop. Cover crops usually are planted to benefit the soil and are not harvested.

Planting grass and alfalfa in hay fields this spring might be a better choice for some producers than planting pure alfalfa. Planting alfalfa mixed with grass, such as orchardgrass, has many ...

Pacific Northwest farmers expect to plant slightly more wheat and corn, and slightly less barley and hay this year, according to USDA’s prospective plantings report. Washington farmers will plant 2.35 ...

Roughly half of the country is experiencing dry to severe drought conditions, yet analysts are confident that the nation’s growers will seed at least the same number of acres to water-intensive ...

The birds love plowing time because they get to feast on newly uncovered worms and other delicacies. Moyer said once he even saw a seagull with a lure in its mouth. Sometimes he even comes across a ...