Cover Crops May Not Be Solution for Both Crop Yield, Carbon Sequestration

Cover crops may not be solution for both crop yield, carbon sequestration

People have assumed climate change solutions that sequester carbon from the air into soils will also benefit crop yields. But a new study finds that most regenerative farming practices to build soil organic carbon -- such as planting cover crops, leaving stems and leaves on the ground and not tilling -- actually reduce yields in many situations.

Cover Crops Not a Silver Bullet for Yield and Climate Goals, Cornell Scientists Find

A new peer-reviewed study from Cornell University challenges a popular assumption: that soil carbon-sequestering practices like planting cover crops and reducing tillage will automatically boost crop yields. In many cases, they don’t. Instead, the global computer modeling study — published May 19 in Nature Climate Change — shows that most regenerative practices aimed at building soil organic carbon help either mitigate greenhouse gases or improv…

Cover crops may not be solution for both crop yield and carbon sequestration

People have assumed climate change solutions that sequester carbon from the air into soils will also benefit crop yields. But a new study from Cornell University finds that most regenerative farming practices to build soil organic carbon-such as planting cover crops, leaving stems and leaves on the ground and not tilling-actually reduce yields in many situations.

Cover Crops May Not Be Solution for Both Crop Yield, Carbon Sequestration

ITHACA, N.Y. — People have assumed climate change solutions that sequester carbon from the air into soils will also benefit crop yields. But a new study from Cornell University finds that most regenerative farming practices to build soil organic carbon – such as planting cover crops, leaving stems and leaves on the ground and not tilling – actually reduce yields in many situations. The computer model analysis showed that global adoption of such …

Study challenges assumptions about climate-friendly farming and crop yields

A new study finds that most regenerative farming practices to build soil organic carbon actually reduce yields in many situations.