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Planting cover crops – those planted between growing seasons – decreases the total harvest of corn and soybeans in the U.S. Midwest, a new #NASAHarvest study found.

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Midwest Farmers Using Cover Crops Take Small Yield Hit

Although cover crops have significant environmental benefits, researchers found that they hinder yields on corn and soybean fields.
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is planting a cover crop like leaving a field fallow? Letting it recover? If so, the yield hit may just be a small price to pay to maintain healthy soil.

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