LEXINGTON, Ill. — Researchers are helping Midwest farmers explore what crops they might add to a traditional corn-soybean rotation. Pennycress is being studied for its potential to grow as a cash crop between soybeans and corn.
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Research on pennycress aims to go from weed to cash crop
Illinois State University crop science professor Nicholas Heller talks about lessons learned at the University Farm in Lexington, Ill. The rotation in this field is grain corn, golden pennycress and soybeans.
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