New SARE Handbook: Cover Crops: Improving Soil Health, Stewardship and Profitability on the Farm

SARE’s Cover Crops: Improvising Soil Health, Stewardship and Profitability on the Farm helps farmers improve their understanding of how cover crops can fit into their operations.

2026 National Cover Crop Report Shows Continued Expansion of Cover Crop Use

Results of the 2026 National Cover Crop Survey released today at the Farm Progress Show indicate strong interest in cover crops among many farmers who produce a wide range of crops and livestock.

Turning Woodlots into Revenue Streams with Silvopasture

Charles Lafferty, of Skyline Pastures in Morshville, Penn., saw potential in the wooded section of his family’s 12-acre farm.

No-Till Bed Transitions for Vegetable Crop Rotations

A guide on transitioning from one vegetable crop to the next without the use of tillage.

Cover Crops

An in-depth book on how to use cover crops with success.

Using Cover Crops in Wide Row Corn

Iowa farmer Bob Recker challenged conventional thinking by asking whether wider corn rows could allow cover crops to thrive without sacrificing farm profitability.

Promoting Soil Health for Cut Flower Production

With support from a Western SARE Partnership grant, Melanie Stock of Utah State University partnered with cut flower farmers to explore sustainable fertilization practices for dahlia production.

2025/2026 National Cover Crop Survey Is Now Open for Farmer Input

Farmers across the U.S.—whether they use cover crops, formerly used them, or have never planted covers—are invited to share their insights on cover crops in the National Cover Crop Survey.

Ancestral Mexica Farming: A Comparative Yield Analysis

In north central Kansas, farmers lack a selection of high-quality, nutrient-dense varieties of flour seed corn that meet the needs of local markets. When more nutritious ancestral seed varieties are available, it’s important to understand how to use modern production practices to improve their yield and production efficiency.

2025–2026 Report from the Field

In Recognition of Farmers and Ranchers SARE has been around for nearly 40 years, and the impacts that our grant and outreach programs have had on the sustainability of U.S. agriculture are because of one simple thing: Farmers and ranchers are at the center of everything we do.  SARE is afunding sourcefor producers.It’s designed forproducers, […]