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Iowa cover crops struggle to reach state goals amid costs
A first of its kind study shows only 2.6 percent of Iowa corn and soybean acres had cover crops in 2015 16. The state aims for 60 percent coverage to cut nitrogen and phosphorus runoff under the Nutrient Reduction Strategy. Cost share funding supports farmers, but adoption varies by county and practice challenges remain.
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Towa
Mississippi River
Gulf of Mexico
Iowa
Agriculture Department
Dustin Vande Hoef
Josh Nelson
Belmond
Wright County
Nelson
John Holmes
North Central Cooperative
Holmes
Jack Boyer
Reinbeck
Tama
Grundy
Boyer
Steve Berger
Wellman
Berger
Washington County
Iowa Soybean Association
The
Gazette
Iowa County
Cedar County
Minnesota
Carlson
J. Gordon Arbuckle
Iowa State University
Two Rivers Cooperative
Pella
Two Rivers
Perent
Emmet