COVER Act incentivizes cover crop adoption

The CEO of an ag bioscience company is hopeful the COVER Act will be included in the next farm bill.

Dr. Oliver Peoples with Yield10 Bioscience tells Brownfield the legislation incentivizes the adoption of cover crops.

“Just for the environmental benefits of them, reducing nutrient runoff essentially protecting the water in the soil, managing soil organic carbon content. All of these become pretty important as you look at where we’re headed as a society.”

He tells Brownfield the COVER Act would help advance the next generation of cover crops, providing more value to farmers.

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