Partners at the University of Illinois have created a Cover Crop Decision Support Tool designed to help Illinois farmers manage cover crops in their own fields.
Jonathan Coppess with the university’s Department of Ag and Consumer Economics tells Brownfield the tool can simulate cereal rye in any Illinois field based on a virtual map, intended planting dates, weather patterns and other secured customized data.
“It will visualize output for the estimated biomass to be in the field to give a sense of what will be in the field to manage through.
