Welcome

Since 2020, farmers around Wisconsin have shared cover crop and other soil health practices with us. Each colored dot on the map represents one of their fields. Click the map or graph images to explore the data.

Map of participating farmers
Map of participating citizen science farmers

Do you see your dot? Click each location for more information on cover cropping practices.

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Cover crop graphs

Change variables to explore locations, species, tillage and more.

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Lafayette county agronomist checking corn emergence and planting depth
Survey for 2025

Registration is open 2025-6. Register here by clicking or email Mrill Ingram if you have further questions

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Cover crop survey

If you registered to participate, please fill out cover crop survey here.

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Interested in the database generated by this project? Please email Mrill Ingram regarding our data sharing agreement. If you have already been approved as a researcher click here .

The Michael Fields Agricultural Institute's Wisconsin Cover Crop Citizen Science Project is a partnership with UW-Madison's NPM Program, The Nature Conservancy, the USDA Dairy Forage Research Center, and UW-Madison's WICST project. We are grateful to our collaborating Wisconsin farmers and to our Soil Health Alliance for Research and Engagement (SHARE) project partners.