Definition of cover crop
: a crop planted to prevent soil erosion and to provide humus
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Examples include re-engineering urban surfaces to reduce stormwater runoff and subsidizing farmers to grow winter cover crops that help retain nutrients on fields.
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Next, some folks have planted a fall cover crop to improve soil.
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The cover crop had been mowed, for one thing, so there wasn’t much brush between the vine rows to catch fire.
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Bible manages 3,000 acres across his farms near Lafayette, on which he plants cover crops or practices no-tillage.
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This plow-to-package grain farm operates under an exclusively organic system, planting cover crops like buckwheat and clover to increase soil fertility.
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Insurance is expected to help many citrus growers cover crop losses, and federal rural-development loan programs are available.
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First Known Use of cover crop
1899
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