One of the rules of good organic gardening is to rotate plant families from one season to the next, as best you can, so related crops are not planted in the same spot more often than every three years ...

No-till and reduced-till systems have gained popularity for their benefits to soil health, moisture retention, and erosion ...

When the Southern Cover Crops Council held its annual conference recently in Baton Rouge, I was fortunate to sit in on panel discussions with farmers and specialty crops (vegetables, fruits, nuts and ...

GOLDEN VALLEY, Minn. — Today’s topic is crop rotation. Basically you don’t want to plant the same crop in the same area every year. Rotating your crops throughout the garden space will help maintain ...

Approaches to crop production that successfully reduce weed seed production can benefit farming systems by reducing management inputs and costs. A 5-yr rotation study was conducted in order to ...

The most important role of crop rotation is to prevent the build-up of pest and disease problems in the soil to which a crop is susceptible. If the same crop or a similar type belonging to the same ...

A new computational model shows how different patterns of crop rotation -- planting different crops at different times in the same field -- can impact long-term yield when the crops are threatened by ...

Realistically, the extent of crop rotation possible in a small backyard garden is limited, but the principle of alternating what is planted on one spot still stands. Many gardeners are able to find a ...

Rotating crops fertilized with livestock manure does not increase soil carbon levels, according to preliminary results of an ongoing study from Iowa State University. Why it matters: The findings ...

ELLENSBURG — The star of Kittitas Valley agriculture is timothy hay, but farmers this season are planting an array of rotation crops. Sudan grass and alfalfa are common rotation crops for high-value ...

On September 3rd, the AGree Coalition released a paper entitled Diversified Farming Systems and U.S. Agricultural Policy that I co-authored with Dr. Rob Myers from the University of Missouri and ...