"Water in the bank: Cover crops and moisture" is a three-minute video in which North Carolina State University's Dr. Chris Reberg-Horton discusses how cover crops affect water dynamics through the life-cycle of the cash crop. No cropping system is drought proof, but there are things that farmers can do to mitigate the effects of a dry year. 

This press release comes to us from The Nature Conservancy. "'The report shows that for a comparatively small investment, Indiana can have a big impact on water quality both in the state and down river,' says Professor Jennifer Tank at the University of Notre Dame. 'Taxpayers, landowners, conservationists and resource managers should all be thrilled to see so much bang for the buck.' ...The Notre Dame findings estimate that nearly 600 pounds of nitrogen are cleaned out of the river annually by every acre of floodplain that is restored." Read the full release.