Incentive programs doubled cover crop use by farmers: Study

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Sep 20, 2023, 4:56 pm186 pts
A survey of farmers in four Northeast states, including New York, found that incentive payments encouraged participants to plant twice as many acres of cover crops as they did prior to receiving funds—a change that can both improve their farms and mitigate climate change.

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