Cover crop acreage has grown rapidly over the past five
years according to a recent Soil Health Institute study based on 2017 Ag Census
data.
Rob Myers, a University of Missouri agronomist, says more
producers are adopting cover crop and no-till practices.
“Cover crops increased by 50 percent during that five-year period we also saw growth in no-till acres in terms of eight million acres,” he says. “Overall, 104 million acres of no till and 15 million acres of cover crops.”
The Soil Health Institute progress report was written by Myers and Joseph LaRose with the University of Missouri Extension.
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