We ask a lot of our gardens: Brilliant flowers, productive vegetables, pest-free plants and fertile soil. To get these lush results, sometimes we need to employ more than just water and compost. Crop ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... You grew tomatoes successfully in that sunny corner of your garden last year, so why shouldn’t you plant this year’s seedlings in the same spot? It’s ...

Establishing winter cover crops after or between harvests can be a great way to preserve soil structure, protect against erosion and produce biomass that feeds the soil ecology. However, if you’re in ...

Researchers have shown that a plot of land on the campus of Auburn University that has been maintained by a century old practice of sustainable farming can produce similar cotton crops to those using ...

Rabi season farming focuses on sustainability, efficient resource use, and strong crops to confirm consistent yields and long ...

Crop rotation is a planned sequence of different crop types, such as spring-seeded cereals, fallseeded cereals, oilseeds, pulses, perennial legumes and other perennial species. Rotations also include ...