A national survey of farmers who used cover crops last year found that a good number ‘planted green,’ “Twenty-percent of our respondents said that they planted 80 to 100% of their cover crop acres green.”

Mike Smith with the Conservation Technology Information Center says it’s well known that 2019 was an incredibly wet year for many growers.

Whether they planned to plant green or not, he says, about a third found seeding directly into their cover crops helped with management.

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