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Northey encouraged by cover crop usage
Mar 16, 2017, 17:29 PM
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Iowa ag secretary Bill Northey says he’s encouraged by a poll that shows increased usage of cover crops by Iowa farmers.
The Iowa State University poll, conducted in the spring of 2016, showed 20 percent of respondents planted cover crops in 2015. Another 33 percent indicated they might use them in the future.
Northey says those numbers are encouraging, especially when compared to the number of farmers using cover crops just a few years ago.
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