Cover Crop Economic Simulator
Zoom in and find your location. Click your location to see estimated savings from reduced annual soil loss per acre at 2021 County Average land values.
The watershed layer shows average erosion values between 2007-2020 calculated by Iowa State University through the daily erosion project.
The county layer shows Iowa State University 2022 Center for Agricultural and Rural Development County average land values.
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Deselect the watershed layer to see a reference road map and County average land values.
Date of Last Version Update: October 18, 2025
Resource List
1. Iowa Soybean Association Soil & Water Outcomes Fund2. Perennial Ground Cover in Large-Scale US Corn Production Systems - Sustainability Journal
3. Sustainable Agriculture Research & Education - Cover Crop Economics
4. Growing Cereal Rye for Seed - Practical Farmers of Iowa
5. The Economics of Cover Crops - Ohio State University
6. Estimated Fencing Costs - ISU
7. Grazing Cover Crops Fact Sheet - PFI
8. Measuring Cover Crop Biomass for Grazing - PFI
9. Iowa Farm Custom Rate Survey
10. Iowa Soil Health EQIP Initiative - NRCS
11. Conservation's Impact on the Farm Bottom Line - EDF
12. Ecotone Analytics - Social Impact of Regenerative Agriculture
13. ISU Center for Agricultural and Rural Development Economics of Cover Crops
14. Find Cover Crops - Practical Farmers of Iowa
15. How to Grow and Sell Carbon Credits in US Agriculture - ISU
16. Simulator Instruction Handout
17. ISA - Advances in Cover Crop Management
18. Native Seeding Calculator instant download - NRCS
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