Cover Crop Acres Increased, Wheat/Hay Acres Decreased

January 25, 2021 | Posted in Soil Health

Source: University of Illinois Extension

Cover crops have environmental benefits, with many resulting from cover crops that over-winter, thereby absorbing nitrates in the early spring and building organic matter in soils over time. Because they over-winter, winter wheat and hay have many attributes ascribed to cover crops. Read more in this article from the University of Illinois.

Soil Conservation Remains Strong

August 17, 2020 | Posted in Soil Health

According to a recent survey, Indiana farmers planted 950,000 acres of cover crops in 2019. Cover crops are known for their environmental benefits and, with the exception of corn and soybeans, are planted on more acres than any other commodity crop in Indiana.

Indiana Farmers Planted More Than 1 Million Cover Crop Acres in 2018

July 11, 2019 | Posted in Soil Health

Source: The Goshen News

According to the Indiana State Department of Agriculture, there has been a large increase in the number of farmers using cover crops in Indiana. Known for their environmental benefits, Indiana farmers have planted more than one million acres of cover crops in Indiana in 2018, covering 32,000 more acres than the previous year, the state agricultural department said in an article from the Goshen News.

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