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.
Do you see your dot? Click each location for more information on cover cropping practices.
Go to the mapRegistration closed is for 2024-5. If you would like to learn more or participate in the future please email Mrill Ingram or click below to share your contact information.
Interested?If you registered to participate, please fill out cover crop survey here.
Go to surveyInterested 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.