Welcome

Since 2020 farmers around Wisconsin have shared cover crop practices and samples to help create a shareable database of real world cover crop results. Click the map or graph images to explore the data, or the scenario tool to see farms grouped by their cover cropping goals.

Map of participating farmers
Cover crop scenarios

On-farm data by farmers, for farmers. Explore how cover crops are being used by farmers around Wisconsin.

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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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Lafayette county agronomist checking corn emergence and planting depth
Survey for 2026

The survey is open for the 2026-7 season. To get started please click below.

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Graph photo
Cover crop graphs

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

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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 Data Network 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.