Persistence of Cover Crop Use in Crop Production in the United States, 2012–2022
- by Bryan Pratt, Laura Paul, Maria Bowman, Kent D. Messer and Paul Ferraro
- 3/2/2026
Overview
This report examines the persistence of cover crop use through four distinct data sources that measure use in different ways. The results show that cover crop use has increased over time, but this overall increase masks a significant share of fields reducing or disadopting cover crop use.
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