After harvesting crops such as corn and wheat, many farmers plant a second crop called a cover crop. A cover crop grows during the fall and winter and is then plowed over in the spring.
What is the most likely reason that cover crops are planted?
Crops such as wheat or corn absorb a large amount of nutrients from the soil. To remedy this, farmers plant crops such as rye, buckwheat, radishes, turnips and other cover crops.
