Attitudes Toward Cover Crops in Iowa: Benefits and Barriers

March 2012

J. Gordon Arbuckle, Jr., and John Ferrell, Iowa State University Extension PMR 1010

This report presents analysis of data from the 2010 Farm Poll survey, which included a series of questions about the potential environmental and agronomic benefits of cover crops, barriers to and facilitators of cover crop use, and interest in learning more about them. More about the Iowa Farm and Rural Life Poll.

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