A New Cash Oilseed Cover Crop for Midwest Corn and Soybean Rotations

The research effort focuses on golden pennycress (Thlaspi arvense) and developing it as a winter-annual cash cover crop for use by the biofuel industry. The Coordinated Agriculture Project (CAP) was funded through NIFA’s Agriculture and Food Research Initiative competitive grant program. The five-year project is led by investigators at Western Illinois University who are working with researchers from Illinois State University, Ohio State University, University of Wisconsin-Platteville, University of Minnesota and industrial partner CoverCress Inc. (more)