Farmer-led effort seeks to expand cover crop acres to 30 million by 2030

A commodity partnership is leading an effort to strengthen conservation practices by establishing 30 million acres of cover crops by the end of the decade.

“I think we’re going to blow by that goal, I really do. There’s lots of interest.”

John Johnson with Farmers for Soil Health says it’s a farmer led, farmer funded initiative. “This isn’t EPA saying doing this. This isn’t NRCS suggesting we do it. It’s not an environmental doing it,” Johnson says. 

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