Corn Planted in a Wheat Cover (IMAGE)

University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture

Corn Planted in a Wheat Cover

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Contour and no-till planting have already substantially reduced nutrient losses from agricultural fields in Tennessee, but a new study by researchers with the UT Institute of Agriculture predicts corn and soybean farmers who plant unfertilized wheat as a cover crop can reduce nutrient losses even more. The corn shown in this image is planted in a wheat cover crop at UT's West Tennessee AgResearch and Education Center in Jackson, Tenn.

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Photo by G. Rowsey, courtesy UT Institute of Agriculture.

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