Recent cover crop adoption is associated with small maize and soybean yield losses in the United States

JM Deines, K Guan, B Lopez, Q Zhou… - Global change …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Cover crops are gaining traction in many agricultural regions, partly driven by increased
public subsidies and by private markets for ecosystem services. These payments are …

Contributions of plant breeding to soil carbon storage: Retrospect and prospects

H Poffenbarger, M Castellano, D Egli, A Jaconi… - Crop …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
There is interest in harnessing cropland C storage potential at a large scale to mitigate
climate change and improve land productivity. While the effects of soil management …

[HTML][HTML] Enhancing Agricultural Soil Carbon Sequestration: A Review with Some Research Needs

K Zhang, Z Liu, BA McCarl, CJ Fei - Climate, 2024 - mdpi.com
The US rejoined the Paris Agreement in 2021 with a targeted 50–52% reduction in net GHG
emissions in 2030 relative to 2005. Within the US's nationally determined contributions …

Airborne hyperspectral imaging of cover crops through radiative transfer process-guided machine learning

S Wang, K Guan, C Zhang, C Jiang, Q Zhou, K Li… - Remote Sensing of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Cover cropping between cash crop growing seasons is a multifunctional conservation
practice. Timely and accurate monitoring of cover crop traits, notably aboveground biomass …

Winter runoff events pose an unquantified continental-scale risk of high wintertime nutrient export

EC Seybold, R Dwivedi, KN Musselman… - Environmental …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Winters in snow-covered regions have warmed, likely shifting the timing and magnitude of
nutrient export, leading to unquantified changes in water quality. Intermittent, seasonal, and …

[HTML][HTML] An adoption spectrum for sustainable agriculture practices: A new framework applied to cover crop adoption

G Han, MT Niles - Agricultural Systems, 2023 - Elsevier
CONTEXT The adoption of sustainable agriculture practices is critical for future ecological,
food security, and farmer livelihood goals. Traditionally, the adoption of sustainable …

Organic farmers face persistent barriers to adopting diversification practices in California's Central Coast

L Carlisle, K Esquivel, P Baur, NF Ichikawa… - … and Sustainable Food …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
In the face of myriad environmental challenges associated with industrial agriculture, some
farmers and researchers have looked to diversified farming systems as a promising …

Farmers employ diverse cover crop management strategies to meet soil health goals

M Bowman, K Poley… - … & Environmental Letters, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Cover crops (CCs) were used on only∼ 5% of harvested cropland in the United States in
2017. Lack of information about effective CC management and the costs and benefits of CCs …

Conservation intensification under risk: An assessment of adoption, additionality, and farmer preferences

E Canales, JS Bergtold… - American Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Conservation practices used on agricultural cropland can provide important ecosystem
services. The United States relies largely on voluntary programs to incentivize adoption of …

Understanding farmers' conservation behavior over time: A longitudinal application of the transtheoretical model of behavior change

EMB Doran, M Doidge, S Aytur, RS Wilson - Journal of Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Global waterbodies are experiencing increased risk of eutrophication and harmful algal
blooms due to excess nutrients including phosphorus and nitrogen discharged from human …