By knowing what has been planted in previous years, you can use this information to develop a crop rotation plan and implement the first phase in the coming season. Crop rotation is a strategy of ...

Planting a diversity of crops can prove beneficial during extreme weather events. Some plants are better able to stand up to ...

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 ...

Crop rotation is the practice of planting different crops sequentially on the same plot to improve soil health, optimize ...

A nine-year study comparing a typical two-year corn and soybean rotation with a more intensive three-year rotation involving corn, cereal rye, soybean and winter wheat, found that the three-year ...

A variety of defensive approaches, from pesticide to crop rotation, have had only limited success. Now, scientists at USDA’s ...

To that end, FarmED, a nonprofit, is "rebuilding" the soil on the farm by focusing on a crop rotation using what's known as a herbal ley, a mix of herbs, grasses and clovers that add nitrogen ...