Track maturity dates and harvest turnips early—overgrown roots lose flavor and texture. Both roots and leafy greens are edible, with some varieties grown just for greens. Pick young turnips for mild ...

Like many leafy greens, root veggies, and brassica relatives, turnips are a spring and fall crop, and mature plants can even tolerate a light touch of frost. Check your first and last frost dates in ...

WASHINGTON, July 8, 2015 –In years ahead, expect to see more beef cattle, dairy and sheep operators planting cold-tolerant forage crops in the summer to ensure leafy, nutritious plants in pastures for ...

Yeah, I know it’s 90 degrees out there and all those other excuses, but it’s still time to get some chores done that will pay back in the fall and winter. By that time it’s too late to do these things ...

The mostly cool and moist summer enabled my turnips to grow bigger than softballs this year. They would fill our basement storage area if I harvested and stored all that I planted. My wife, Marilyn, ...

ALEXANDRIA, Minn. — Picking out cover crops is no run into the convenience store to grab the nearest sandwich when you're in the middle of field work. Each plant that acts as a cover crop has ...

BROOKINGS, S.D. -- In the Upper Plains, it might not be economical, or even practical, to plant another grain crop during the growing year. But it might be in the producer's interest to consider a ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - A wide range of forage crops could help grain and livestock producers salvage some value from their fields once the drought-ravaged corn crop has been harvested - if soil ...