Farmers are looking for cover crop benefits beyond soil health and water management. Midwestern BioAg CEO Gaji Balakaneshan says in many cases, growers only use cover crops because they’re paid to. “Because they’re not seeing a benefit on a year-to-year basis, and that’s part of the problem.” He tells Brownfield cover crops can help improve […]
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