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.
Cover crops provide reduction in soil carbon erosion, study finds
A field planted with cereal rye, which is one of the most common cover crops in Iowa.
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