Planning a garden that can sustain you requires more than just picking your favorite vegetables. A survival garden is a ...

The American science socieites for crop, soil and agronomy awarded Mila Pessotto, Ph.D., a former master's student at the ...

Cover crops aid erosion control, weed suppression, moisture retention and nutrient cycling. Knowing what temperature a cover crop can withstand will improve plant-growth and biomass-prediction models.

Is the drive to cut applied nitrogen fertiliser inadvertently resulting in poorer cover and catch crop growth to the ...

Some vegetables thrive in winter, giving you produce throughout the season - you just need to know the correct varieties to ...

While most crops shut down for winter, this tough cold-season cover crop keeps digging deep and improving the ground until ...

So, it’s the first warm day of spring, the snow has melted, and the scent of fresh earth fills the air. Farmers are gearing up, tractors are roaring to life, and hopes are high for a productive season ...

Even though the weather might be getting colder, there are quite a few varieties of vegetables you can plant in November if ...

Cooperative Extension specialist featured in UC Berkeley Breakthroughs magazineIn spring 2005, UC Berkeley undergraduate ...

Does anything beat a steaming bowl of soup on a crisp winter's day? For humans, animals and plants alike, winter can be the toughest time of year, but something tasty to harvest can buoy even the ...

There is profit potential in a dual-purpose wheat-grazing plan. Right now, in a grain-only plan, a farmer could lose from $80 ...