Nearly half of all farmers using a cover crop received some sort of incentive payment this past year. The American Seed Trade Association, USDA and Conservation Technology Information Center conducted a survey of nearly 800 farmers in 49 states. Seventy-eight percent of the farmers who have not adopted cover crops said an incentive payment would be helpful. Over 90 percent of the farmers surveyed who were receiving incentive payments said they would likely continue to plant cover crops when the payments end.
