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Seymour, IL | although I recognize the importance of it in research and documentation.
I think part of it is the willingness of individuals on both sides of the debate to be willing to collect the data, and take the time to measure what is changing.
Too often, practitioners of either system are not comparing apples to apples. They use one of their fields compared to a neighbor or a different area (county)
In order to compare, need to collect data from(preferably) multiple replications, it could be as simple as strips. It is not practical in a field setting to try and set up a Latin Square design.
Replicated strips could tell an interesting story
But people must be willing to do the work, and be willing to accept the data
I would like to see covers/soil health succeed, but it appears there are some significant hurdles that would need to be overcome.
bryon
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There is info on cover crop economics
