An article by assistant professor of economics Alejandro Plastina was published in the most recent issue of Journal of Applied Farm Economics. Fangge Liu, a graduate student at CARD, Wendiam Sawadgo, Fernando Miguez, and Guillermo Marcillo of Iowa State University, and Sarah Carlson of Practical Farmers of Iowa co-authored the article with Plastina. Their article "Annual Net Returns to Cover Crops in Iowa" evaluates the changes in net returns resulting from the incorporation of cover crops into a corn or soybean production system.

Annual Net Returns to Cover Crops in Iowa
Alejandro Plastina, Fangge Liu, Wendiam Sawadgo, Fernando E. Miguez, Sarah Carlson, and Guillermo Marcillo
Journal of Applied Farm Economics Vol. 2, issue 2.