FEATURES
Understanding Relay Cropping
Cover cropping — but with revenue
BY LORAN STEINLAGE
Cover Crops Under Cover
Cover crops can help reduce nutrient excesses in hoophouse production
BY ANNE & ERIC NORDELL
Covering Costs
Using cover crops for conservation and insurance cost reduction
BY JEFF SCHAHCZENSKI
To Cover or to Fallow?
Why one farmer in dryland eastern Colorado chose cover crops
INTERVIEW WITH JOHN HEERMANN
Don’t Stray Away
What farmers need to know about rural stray voltage, EMF, 5G and solar and wind farms — Part Two
BY WILL WINTER
The Importance of the Ditch
A brief history of agricultural drainage
BY ANDREW FRENCH
DEPARTMENTS
VIEW FROM THE COUNTRY
Monthly musings from Acres U.S.A.’s editor
OPINION
Healthcare from the (Ph)arm?
The goal of cover crops and other soil health practices is human nutrition
BY STEVE GROFF
ECO-UPDATE
News in brief on developments in agronomic science
TRANSITIONING
How Bad Is Tillage, Really?
Reduced tillage — used responsibly — even imparts some benefits to soil health
BY LÉA VEREECKE & NATHANEAL GONZALEZ SIEMENS
INTERVIEW
Don Wirth shares fifty years of wisdom in the seed business
REVIEWS
MARKETPLACE
CLASSIFIEDS
ECO-MEETINGS
ECO-FARMER