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A Menace Reconsidered, Part 5: Reviewing Cover Crops

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  • Ruppert, Shae
  • Coppess, Jonathan
  • Skidmore, Marin

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An often used (and possibly overused) metaphor is that of the Swiss army knife, which was developed in the 1880s and 1890s and generally credited to the Swiss inventor, Karl Elsener (see e.g., Guttman, October 5, 2022; Smith, October 5, 2015; Bretz et al., 2017; Justus, 2004). The multiple uses of the metaphor even includes the Farm Bill: President Barack Obama referred to the farm bill as a Swiss army knife when he signed the 2014 version into law (The White House, February 7, 2014; NBC News, February 7, 2014; Cain, February 9, 2014). Notably, the first sprouts of a possible 2024 Farm Bill reauthorization effort appeared on May 1, 2024 (House Agriculture Committee, May 1, 2024 and Summary; Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, May 1, 2024 and Section-by-Section). These opening moves on the Farm Bill are being analyzed and will be reviewed in a future article. In the meantime, this article continues the series on soil erosion issues with a review of cover crops—the Swiss army knife of conservation practices (farmdoc daily, April 18, 2024; March 28, 2024; March 21, 2024; March 14, 2024).

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  • Ruppert, Shae & Coppess, Jonathan & Skidmore, Marin, 2025. "A Menace Reconsidered, Part 5: Reviewing Cover Crops," farmdoc daily, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics, vol. 14(84).
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:illufd:358522
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.358522
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