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The Iowa landscape is dominated by row crops, especially corn
Larsen, Schulte & Tyndall
2% Perennial cover
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Larsen, Schulte & Tyndall
4% Perennial cover
Small targeted changes can have big benefits for water quality
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Larsen, Schulte & Tyndall
8% Perennial cover
As perennial cover reaches 10%, reductions in erosion and water pollution can exceed 80%
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Larsen, Schulte & Tyndall
16% Perennial cover
Opportunities for new uses grow as biomass production scales up
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32% Perennial cover
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Almost half of Iowa’s corn is used for ethanol, replacing it with perennials has many benefits
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Larsen, Schulte & Tyndall
64% Perennial cover
Perennials can also feed livestock, and someday soon grain crops