Wisconsin Cover Crop Data Network

On-farm data at your fingertips.

Wisconsin farmers around the state are embracing cover crops as a critical tool to keep soil covered, build soil fertility, prevent erosion, protect water, and manage nutrients. Use the Interactive Tools below to explore how different farm systems use all kinds of cover crops, and see the biomass as well as nutrient and forage quality analyses.

Explore Data

Explore our Visualized Data Tools and Maps to see Wisconsin farms using cover crops and their results.

Try the Scenario Tool

Explore cover crop outcome scenarios based on five years worth of data collection and analysis.

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Join over 100+ WI farmers dedicated to exploring the power of cover cropping and soil health.

Cover Crops

Publications and Reports

Original Research Article:

Building cover crop expertise with citizen science in the upper Midwest: supporting farmer innovation in a time of change

Front. Sustain. Food Syst., 19 May 2023, M. Ingram, Participatory Action Research Scientist, Michael Fields Agricultural Institute.

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The Wisconsin Cover Crop Data Network is a joint effort with UW-Madison's NPM Program, The Nature Conservancy, and UW-Madison's WICST project. The Network is supported by the Soil Health Alliance for Research and Education, a collaboration between Michael Fields Agricultural Institute, the USDA Dairy Forage Research Center, and UW-Madison Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems. We are grateful to our collaborating Wisconsin farmers.