Regenerative farming that sequesters carbon using cover crops is promoted by the USDA and environmental advocacy groups. The Environmental Working Group, a research and advocacy non-profit determined that only 3.2 million acres out of 68 million cultivating corn and soybeans in the Midwest were planted with a cover crop during the winter.  Farmers are forgoing federal and state funding for cover crops used in conjunction with no-till cultivation that sequesters carbon and is beneficial to both revenue and the environment.