If you’ve ever planted the same vegetable in the same spot every year and noticed your harvest getting smaller, you’re not alone. That’s where crop rotation comes in. It’s a simple method of switching ...

You can promote healthy soil in your garden and cut down on plant disease by practicing a three-year cycle of crop rotation with eight plant families. Originally published as "Maintain Healthy ...

While demand for organic meat and milk is increasing by about 20% ... area farmers need information on expected crop yields and effective ... Organic corn: Increasing rotation complexity ...

While the majority of Midwestern farmers rotate corn and soybeans, commodity prices and corn yield advantages compel some to plant corn year after year. Although foundational research on the benefits ...

In an analysis of 18 years of crop yield and farm management data from a long-term trial, an organic crop rotation was consistently more profitable and carried less risk of low returns than ...

Crop rotation is a planned sequence of different crop types, such as spring-seeded cereals, fallseeded cereals, oilseeds, pulses, perennial legumes and other perennial species. Rotations also include ...

Purdue Extension is hosting an organic agriculture program series focused on transitional strategy, crop rotation, nutrient management, weed management and markets targeted for organic, transitional ...

On the surface, plant rotation seems pretty simple. You just plant your crops in a different spot each year. But here’s the rub. Let’s say you have a place where you tend to plant your tomatoes.

Researchers investigated the impact of increasing crop rotation length and complexity on crop yields in organic agricultural systems over a ten year period. They found that longer, more complex ...