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Cover crops provide an often overlooked reduction in soil carbon erosion, study finds

Monday, April 14, 2025 • 2 PM

Photo by Ally Larson/Iowa State University

Planting ground cover in fields between cash crop growing seasons is an effective way to prevent farmland from losing soil carbon from erosion, a factor that’s underestimated in considering the carbon sequestration potential of cover crops, according to a new study by an Iowa State University ecologist.

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