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New USDA grant supports research to initiate Ag DIRT experiment, refine cover crop recommendations

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Cereal rye biomass after termination between rows of growing corn crop. Photo by Barb McBreen.

AMES, Iowa — A team of scientists led by Iowa State University has won a $649,000 grant from USDA’s National Institute for Food and Agriculture to study the intricacies of cereal rye cover crops.