Better agronomy for energy crops ... Crop rotation. I have proposed the usage of a 10 year x 10 year energy and row crop rotation. As row crops are grown in the usual corn/soy rotation, ...

Crop rotation is the practice of rotating crops belonging to specific groups around a vegetable bed from year to year to avoid growing vegetables from the same group in the same spot.

Tillage, rotation impacts peanut crops A new study in Agronomy Journal shows the differing effects of tillage practice and rotation on peanut crop yield and the development of pests ...

Have a row spacing, crop rotation, tillage or pest question? Through Farm Journal’s Ask an Agronomist blog, you can find answers. A team of Farm Journal agronomists weigh in with their ...

The four-crop rotation does take more management skills and a desire to use a joint-farming operation, but when energy prices go up, it might be a more attractive option for farmers.

After more than 110 years, the Old Rotation continues to document the long-term effects of crop rotation and winter legumes on cotton production in the Deep South.

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 helps to control weeds. ... Agronomy On sloppy lands, Mugerwa says, alternate cropping of erosion promoting and erosion resisting crops should be adopted.

Input costs are certainly on the minds of everyone going into the 2022 crop year. One of the advantages of grain sorghum over many other crops is the cost of seed.

An ongoing study at Iowa State University (ISU) is testing whether farmers should skip crop rotation in favor of constant soybean planting. Why it matters: Ending the practice could result in ...

David L. Jordan et al. Crop Response to Rotation and Tillage in Peanut-Based Cropping Systems. Agron J , 100:1580-1586 (2008) DOI: 10.2134/agronj2008.0075 Cite This Page : ...