For most farms, conservation is only one of several farm goals, which in addition to conservation may include risk reduction, profitability, farm transfer to a younger generation and reduction in debt. Farm owners can consider those other farm goals by developing a conceptual framework that can be used to examine farm goal tradeoffs, with particular emphasis on the tradeoff between conservation and profitability.
Use framework for farm goals, trade offs
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Unless fertilizer and herbicide costs are reduced and/or the yield gap between crops grown with and without cover crops is reduced over time, farmers that focus on profit maximization would be cautious in their adoption of cover crops.
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