cover crops
Understanding Scientific Texts-Quiz-Level C
corn
Cover crops like cowpeas can be planted between rows of
com to keep soil from washing away.
According to scientists, the weather on our planet will
continue to change. Farmers will continue to adapt to
those changes as best they can. Families will hand down
new ways of farming. We can't know exactly what will
happen to the climate in the future. But we know the
formers of the Corn Belt will work hard to keep growing
corn for the whole world.
Why do farmers plant cover crops?
To protect the fields from flooding
To collect rainwater for the form
To help the plants get more water
To bury the roots of other plants
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