The latest Ag Economy Barometer suggests farmer usage of cover crops is increasing.
Jim Mintert, director of the Purdue University Center for Commercial Agriculture, says he was a little surprised by how many farmers said they are planting cover crops.
“Fifty-seven percent of the people surveyed are planting cover crops on a least a portion of their acreage,” he says. “Many of those people are planting them on a relatively small percentage of their acreage.
