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His name is Gail – the recovering conventional farmer

“A big part of all the fun was also all the life! All I had ever been taught to do was kill things. Suddenly I get to talk about encouraging

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How and When to Rejuvenate the Soil in Raised Garden Beds

It's done a great job all summer, and is now spent. Give it some love so it's ready again in spring.

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Monroe County Agriculture: Grow flowers to help save the bees

In this week's agriculture column, Ned Birkey discusses the weather, corn plots, soybeans, cover crops and flowers as pollinators.

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Farmers gather ideas at Farm Progress Show

DECATUR, Ill. — Ryan Myers, a Fairbury, Illinois, crop farmer, is always looking for ideas to grow more productive crops in eastern Illinois.

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Southern Idaho study finds benefits of drilling cover crops between corn rows

"By inter-seeding you get that forage up and going."

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Research on pennycress aims to go from weed to cash crop

LEXINGTON, Ill. — Researchers are helping Midwest farmers explore what crops they might add to a traditional corn-soybean rotation. Pennycress is being studied for its potential to grow as a

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Small grains satisfy need for livestock feed

Keith Gorham made the move to regenerative agriculture seven years ago, and the Illinois farmer wishes he had done it long before that.

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How to plant a first fall cover crop in your vegetable garden; plus lessons from a beginner

With cover crops, a vegetable garden doesn’t have to end with the first hard frost — no greenhouse required.

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Healthy fields, healthy foods

“It’s the first time in history we’re examining an entire continent’s food system in detail.”

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Improve Your Soil With a Winter Rye Cover Crop – Mother Earth News

Winter rye, a popular fall-planted cover crop, will improve your soil, suppress weeds, add organic matter, and germinate in temperatures as low as 34 degrees.

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