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Cover crop
In agriculture, a cover crop is grown to protect land from soil erosion and leaching of nutrients. Unused farmland that is left bare can lose topsoil and nutrients through the effects of wind and rain. The foliage and roots of a cover crop shelter and anchor the soil. Plowed under, a cover crop becomes a green manure.
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