"Fallow ground" is the term that farmers use when a field needs a vacation. "Fallow" simply means "uncultivated for the growing season," and when ground is so deemed, the land is freed to its own ends ...

PULL WEEDS: If you do not intend to plant cool-season vegetables in your vegetable garden, pull up all the weeds that might have grown and clean out the beds. Then, heavily mulch the beds with at ...

Despite flooded vineyards and toppled trees, this weekend's punishing storms may have largely spared Northern California farmers. The region's most profitable crops -- its grapes, fruits and nuts -- ...

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — The Agriculture and Food Agency is urging farmers to plant cover crops during the winter rice fallow period, with nationwide promotion planned this year for up to 35,000 ...