New effort aims to help Midwest farmers plant cover crops on a half a million acres

The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation has awarded nearly $3 million dollars in grants to plant cover crops in six Midwestern states The funding comes as demand for state and federal incentive programs for cover crops often outpaces available funding.

Pictures of common cover crops. a Cereal rye grown as a cover in corn

Soil Health: Kansas Producer Finds Cover Crops Provide Forage and Improve Soil

Michigan farmers using too much fertilizer, hurting water quality efforts

Corn crops rise, prairies vanish – The Durango Herald

Cover crops can help fight climate change effects on US farms

$80 million grant aims to make regenerative farming practice a moneymaker for farmers

Midwest farmers boost their cover crops, satellite images show - The Washington Post

Farmers Prevented from Planting Crops on More than 19 Million Acres - Mid-West Farm Report

Cover advocates look to advance acres