While harvest time is rightfully at the front of your mind as summer wraps up, don’t sleep on cover crops time of year.

If you are going to use cover crops, consider things like cost and ROI, benefits to the land and soil, and the impact different types of cover crops will have on your main crop. Some people may feel cover crops are out of reach due to cost, but there are programs in some states in place to assist farmers with the overhead for this sustainable soil care technique.