Farmers are working on fitting cover crops into every phase of their rotation to achieve multiple goals. One practice, which is of interest but is not well evaluated, is growing cover crops along with ...

It's not always wise to judge a book by its cover or, in the case of a sunflower crop, by its appearance. Though sunflower plants can look droopy and brown by the time harvest time rolls around, it's ...

Companion planting is a clever way to get plants to work together to protect each other from pests and diseases and create a more ideal growing environment. While you might typically think of ...

SUGARLOAF TWP. — Sunflowers are popping up this fall, bathing fields here in yellow. Besides adding color, sunflowers enrich soil and sustain bees, butterflies and other pollinators on fields where ...

Vegetable gardening in 95-degree heat and unrelenting humidity all summer is not for the faint of heart. To top off the sweltering conditions, here in the Panhandle we have intense pest pressure on ...

‘Prosperity,’ customer pressure help stir cover crop interest The ‘yo-yo’ principle of managing cover crops Is USDA overpromoting cover crops? This is the first part of a four-part series examining ...

TAHOKA, TX – South Plains farmers hope to alleviate low cotton prices by growing sunflowers. Since April, Jason Bass has planted and grown sunflowers in his cotton fields. This gave his fields a bit ...