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Farmers must still follow specific rules, such as terminating their cover crops early enough, which some scientists think limits how much these practices can reduce emissions.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 30 July 2024
Plantations that make use of cover crops, like green beans and peanuts planted between the rows of agave, almost always have lower rates of disease.
—Chantal Martineau, Foreign Affairs, 25 Nov. 2015
The funds will go to help farmers plant cover crops between growing seasons to reduce soil erosion and prevent nutrients from running off into the river.
—Delaney Dryfoos, Journal Sentinel, 4 July 2024
There’s the crawling vines of the beans, the cover crop of the squash grown below, and the shade being produced by the cornstalks.
—Karen Kaplan, Los Angeles Times, 18 July 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1899, in the meaning defined above
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“Cover crop.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cover%20crop. Accessed 20 Sep. 2024.
Kids Definition
cover crop
noun
: a crop planted to prevent soil erosion and to provide humus
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