Corn and Cover Crop Comparison (IMAGE)

American Society of Agronomy

Corn and Cover Crop Comparison

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Cover crops work well to suppress weeds when paired with soybeans, but not as well with corn. The field on right was grown with a cover crop, and researches believe that the cover crop prevented the corn from accessing essential nutrients.

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Photo credit Kerry Clark.

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