{"id":16184,"date":"2025-06-18T09:48:19","date_gmt":"2025-06-18T13:48:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/agriculture\/?page_id=16184"},"modified":"2025-06-18T14:59:13","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T18:59:13","slug":"cost-estimator","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/agriculture\/soil-health\/cover-cropping\/cost-estimator\/","title":{"rendered":"Cover Crop Cost Estimator Tool"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"responsive-video\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Cover Crop Cost Estimator\" width=\"1268\" height=\"713\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iNGGCmjrGnc?wmode=transparent&amp;rel=0&amp;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>The <strong data-start=\"87\" data-end=\"151\">Cover Crop Cost Estimator Tool<\/strong>, 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.<\/p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/covercrops.jgmalacarne.com\/\" style=\"text-transform:none;\" ><span class=\"button\"> Launch the Cover Crop Cost Estimator Tool <\/span><\/a>\n<p><strong>For more information, contact:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Rachel Schattman, Ph.D.<br \/>\nAssistant Professor of Sustainable Agriculture<br \/>\nUniversity of Maine School of Food and Agriculture<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:rachel.schattman@maine.edu\">rachel.schattman@maine.edu<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. 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