IOWA SEED CORN COVER CROP INITIATIVE

The Iowa Seed Corn Cover Crops Initiative focuses on ways to help increase adoption of cover crops specifically within the seed corn production system in Iowa. The focus on seed corn is driven by the unique opportunity that seed corn provides due to the earlier harvest, thereby providing better timing opportunities for establishing cover crops in the late summer and fall after harvest. This focus is also heavily driven by the the Iowa Seed Association, and their efforts to help promote and support the use of cover crops as part of Iowa’s Nutrient Strategy.