Conservation.

Abstract

The project provided substantive data from thousands of fields on the positive impact of conservation practices for reducing crop production risk. Across the 6-state region, consistent use of cover crops and no-till resulted in a 24% reduction in the odds ratio of prevent-plant loss in 2019. This impact also depends on other physical features (e.g., soil type, slope, etc.), and thus varies from field to field, and would also vary across other years’ growing conditions.