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Legumes can even be used as cover crops in the winter to prevent soil erosion and provide a boost to your soil health all winter long.
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Abigayle Ward, Hartford Courant, 19 Apr. 2025
Boosting Biofuel Research teams led by Jonathan Cumming, chair of the department of natural sciences at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore, are field testing the feasibility of switchgrass as a cover crop and biofuel ingredient.
—Robin Roenker, USA Today, 18 Apr. 2025
Pistachios, on the other hand, never touch the ground, so farmers can plant cover crops and leave organic material behind, reintroducing beneficial nutrients to the soil.
—Saveur Editors, Saveur, 16 Apr. 2025
Projects funded under the program supported things like planting cover crops, which prevent soil erosion, and managing soil nutrients to minimize farming’s environmental impacts.
—Rachel Frazin, The Hill, 15 Apr. 2025
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Abigayle Ward, Hartford Courant, 19 Apr. 2025
Boosting Biofuel Research teams led by Jonathan Cumming, chair of the department of natural sciences at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore, are field testing the feasibility of switchgrass as a cover crop and biofuel ingredient.
—Robin Roenker, USA Today, 18 Apr. 2025
Pistachios, on the other hand, never touch the ground, so farmers can plant cover crops and leave organic material behind, reintroducing beneficial nutrients to the soil.
—Saveur Editors, Saveur, 16 Apr. 2025
Projects funded under the program supported things like planting cover crops, which prevent soil erosion, and managing soil nutrients to minimize farming’s environmental impacts.
—Rachel Frazin, The Hill, 15 Apr. 2025
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“Cover crop.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cover%20crop. Accessed 28 May. 2025.
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