Farmers are planting cover crops, but there’s so much information to sift through that finding the right seed mix for your crop management goals can be daunting.
Precision Sustainable Agriculture is making cover crop decisions simpler.
There is a lot of enthusiasm and information surrounding cover crops from weed control to grazing to conservation, says Brian Davis, head of data engineering at Precision Sustainable Agriculture.
There are about 22 million acres of cover crops in the U.S, according to the 2022-23 National Cover Crop Survey Report. Those numbers will likely increase with Climate-Smart Ag and private company initiatives offering payments for such regenerative agriculture practices. These opportunities create challenges when it comes to selecting the best cover crop to fit the farm system.