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Helping farmers, boosting biofuels: WSU-led paper shows promising cover crop benefits

Doug Collins and Teal Potter, co-authors on the new paper, stand in a field of triticale. The cover crop was grown to study its viability as a biofuel source. / Photo courtesy of Chad Kruger/WSU

November 25, 2025

BY Washington State University

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