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Seeing the benefits of cover crops in southwest Iowa

At the recent National Conference on Cover Crops and Soil Health in Omaha, we visited with Ray Gaesser of Corning, Iowa about his experience with cover crops on his farm in southwest Iowa.

“For the last four years now we’ve been testing cover crops, and every year growing just a few more because we do see the value in cover crops—particularly on our farm—for erosion control,” says Gaesser, who currently serves as president of the American Soybean Association. “But we are also starting to see the soil health benefits that people are talking about.”

AUDIO: Ray Gaesser (3:00 MP3)