Globally, cover cropping is a tool used to mitigate soil erosion and reduce reliance on synthetic inputs, while also improving soil fertility, soil health and on-farm biodiversity. Despite these advantages, adoption of cover cropping has lagged in the inland iPNW relative to other regions. This is largely due to uncertainty around how cover crop integration into cereal-based crop rotations will impact agronomic and economic goals. In much of the region, low precipitation presents unique challenges to cover crop establishment and soil water availability for primary cash crops - namely winter wheat. Regional occurrence of reduced summer precipitation and higher frequency of heat stress elevates the need to evaluate cover cropping as an appropriate strategy to support cash crop production under variable, adverse climatic conditions.  The University of Idaho has partnered with growers, whom are early adopters of cover cropping, and are motivated to diversify their production for the long-term benefits to soil health, resilience to climate variability, and the potential to generate novel sources of income for their farms. They have been engaged in the design and implementation of this research project to help them, and others, succeed with cover crops in the iPNW.