{"id":3192,"date":"2025-08-15T19:53:55","date_gmt":"2025-08-15T19:53:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ruralsociology.org\/news\/disaster-response-in-rural-america-diana-bryant-highlights-urgent-policy-needs-copy\/"},"modified":"2025-09-10T16:38:25","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T16:38:25","slug":"how-planting-cover-crops-can-reduce-the-dead-zone","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/ruralsociology.org\/news\/how-planting-cover-crops-can-reduce-the-dead-zone\/","title":{"rendered":"NPR Quotes RSS Member Arbuckle About How Planting Cover Crops Can Reduce the Dead Zone in the Gulf of Mexico"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-3192\" data-postid=\"3192\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-3192 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n                    <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_tw0g507 tb_first tf_w\">\n                        <div class=\"row_inner col_align_top tb_col_count_1 tf_box tf_rel\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col-full tb_skdy058 first\">\n                    <!-- module fancy heading -->\n<div  class=\"module module-fancy-heading tb_diub900 \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <h1 class=\"fancy-heading\">\n    <span class=\"main-head tf_block\">\n                    NPR Quotes RSS Member Arbuckle About How Planting Cover Crops Can Reduce the Dead Zone in the Gulf of Mexico               <\/span>\n\n    \n    <span class=\"sub-head tf_block tf_rel\">\n                                <\/span>\n    <\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module fancy heading -->\n<!-- Breadcrumbs module -->\n<div  class=\"module module-breadcrumbs tb_luyz922 \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n\t<nav role=\"navigation\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumbs\" class=\"tbp_breadcrumb_trail\"><ul class=\"tbp_trail_items\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/BreadcrumbList\"><meta name=\"numberOfItems\" content=\"1\" \/><meta name=\"itemListOrder\" content=\"Ascending\" \/><li itemprop=\"itemListElement\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ListItem\" class=\"tbp_trail_item tbp_trail_end\"><a itemprop=\"item\" href=\"https:\/\/ruralsociology.org\/\" rel=\"home\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Home<\/span><\/a><meta itemprop=\"position\" content=\"1\" \/><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div><!-- \/Breadcrumbs module -->\n<!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_a05a500   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <p data-start=\"228\" data-end=\"667\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW13985766 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW13985766 BCX0\">National Public Radio\u2019s Eric Schmid spoke to RSS Member<strong> J Arbuckle<\/strong> about how to convince farmers to plant more cover crops<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW13985766 BCX0\">.\u00a0 <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW13985766 BCX0\">Those crops are important because they <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW13985766 BCX0\">permit<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW13985766 BCX0\"> farmers to use less fertilizer, runoff from which is a major cause of the Gulf of Mexico\u2019s \u201c<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW13985766 BCX0\">dead zone<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW13985766 BCX0\">,<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW13985766 BCX0\">\u201d an area so low in oxygen that fish and other aquatic life <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW13985766 BCX0\">can\u2019t<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW13985766 BCX0\"> live there<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW13985766 BCX0\">.\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW13985766 BCX0\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW13985766 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote data-start=\"669\" data-end=\"993\">\n<p><span class=\"TextRun Highlight SCXW62591231 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW62591231 BCX0\">\u201cCover crops do make more nitrogen available in the soil over time. That means farmers could spend less money on <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW62591231 BCX0\">additional<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW62591231 BCX0\"> fertilizer, boosting their profits and keeping pollutants from getting into waterways. But it could take years before an <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW62591231 BCX0\">operation like that becomes profitable, years that many farmers simply <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW62591231 BCX0\">can&#8217;t<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW62591231 BCX0\"> afford.\u201d\u00a0<strong> J Arbuckle<\/strong>, Iowa State University\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW62591231 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p data-start=\"671\" data-end=\"993\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2024\/08\/15\/nx-s1-5053072\/to-heal-the-gulf-of-mexicos-dead-zone-we-have-to-look-north-to-midwest-farms#:~:text=This%20year%2C%20the%20federal%20government,says%20cover%20crops%20can%20help.\">\ud83d\udd17 Read the full article<\/a><\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n<!--\/themify_builder_content-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On NPR, RSS Member <strong>J. Arbuckle\u2019s<\/strong> discussed strategies to encourage farmers to plant cover crops, which reduce fertilizer runoff and help address the Gulf of Mexico\u2019s \u201cdead zone.\u201d <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/iastate.app.box.com\/s\/voowy0schgb32dyktpp8hpet2x1hqnrs\/file\/1947423284403\">\ud83d\udd17 Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":3194,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","news_announcements":[28,25,32],"class_list":["post-3192","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news_announcements-applied-and-extension-news","news_announcements-member-in-the-news","news_announcements-natural-resources","has-post-title","has-post-date","has-post-category","has-post-tag","has-post-comment","has-post-author",""],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"ptb_metabox":[],"ptb_taxonomy":{"news_announcements":[{"term_id":28,"name":"Applied and Extension News","slug":"applied-and-extension-news","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":28,"taxonomy":"news_announcements","description":"","parent":26,"count":5,"filter":"raw"},{"term_id":25,"name":"Member in the News","slug":"member-in-the-news","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":25,"taxonomy":"news_announcements","description":"","parent":0,"count":45,"filter":"raw"},{"term_id":32,"name":"Natural Resources","slug":"natural-resources","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":32,"taxonomy":"news_announcements","description":"","parent":26,"count":7,"filter":"raw"}]},"ptb_featured_image":{"url":"https:\/\/ruralsociology.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/premium_photo-1664304401370-463ef384ed06.avif","title":"premium_photo-1664304401370-463ef384ed06","caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ruralsociology.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/3192","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ruralsociology.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ruralsociology.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ruralsociology.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3194"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ruralsociology.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3192"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news_announcements","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ruralsociology.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_announcements?post=3192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}