A Jo Daviess County cover crop experiment seeks options to tackle weather pattern challenges and provide farmers with economic benefits – an interesting task with broad implications for northern Illinois, according to two agriculture specialists.
 
Jo Daviess County Farm Bureau Director Greg Thoren is hosting his fourth cover crop trial on his Stockton farm, and the third one partially sponsored as the county Farm Bureau’s nutrient stewardship grant project.
 
John Musser, a Certified Crop Adviser and nutrient management specialist with Stephenson Service Co., and Stanley “Jay” Solomon, an energy and environmental stewardship educator with the University of Illinois Extension, are working with Thoren and other partners on the project.
 
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