In a 2015 strip trial on a central Illinois farm, three cover crop mixtures were planted behind a wheat crop, next to the grower’s normal double-crop soybeans. In 2016, corn planted behind the ...

A Natural Resources Conservation Service agent says first-time cover croppers should start small and ask questions. Barry ...

For farmers, this means a diversified crop rotation. A common first step can be to add a small grain like wheat to a corn/soybean rotation. “Winter wheat out yields spring wheat because it ...