Question

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?

Answer 1

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.