Event Champions Cover Crops

Farmers See More Benefits From Growing Covers, But Few Choose to Grow Them

Chris Clayton
By  Chris Clayton , DTN Ag Policy Editor
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American Soybean Association President Ray Gaesser (left) and Howard G. Buffett discuss the benefits of cover crops at the National Conference on Cover Crops & Soil Health that kicked off in downtown Omaha Tuesday. (DTN photo by Chris Clayton)
American Soybean Association President Ray Gaesser (left) and Howard G. Buffett discuss the benefits of cover crops at the National Conference on Cover Crops & Soil Health that kicked off in downtown Omaha Tuesday. (DTN photo by Chris Clayton)
Backers of the National Conference on Cover Crops & Soil Health want to see cover crops planted on at least 20 million acres by 2020. That's an ambitious goal considering there are estimated to be fewer than 3 million acres now.

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Chris Clayton

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