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Midwest Farmers Using Cover Crops Take Small Yield Hit

Although cover crops have significant environmental benefits, researchers found that they hinder yields on corn and soybean fields.


NASA Earth Observatory images by Joshua Stevens, using data courtesy of Deines, J. M., et al. (2022) and Zhou, Q., et al. (2022). Story by Emily Cassidy.

Published January 26, 2023
Data acquired 2000 - 2021

Sources:
Aqua > MODIS
Landsat 5 > TM
Landsat 7 > ETM+
Landsat 8 > OLI
Terra > MODIS
Collections:
Applied Sciences
Food and Agriculture