Cover Crop Cost Estimator Tool
The Cover Crop Cost Estimator Tool, developed by the University of Maine, is an interactive decision-support calculator designed to help farmers evaluate the financial impacts of cover cropping within vegetable production systems. By allowing users to compare historical and projected enterprise budgets under both conventional and organic practices, this tool empowers data-driven decision making. Users can tailor inputs such as crop type, enterprise size, and market assumptions in order to model cost and return scenarios that reflect their unique operation. The web-based tool is ideal for producers planning or assessing sustainable cropping strategies.
For more information, contact:
Rachel Schattman, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Sustainable Agriculture
University of Maine School of Food and Agriculture
rachel.schattman@maine.edu