A planting depth chart helped guide participants on the ... with an emphasis on natural prevention methods such as crop rotation, proper plant spacing, and pest-resistant plant varieties.

However, it’s not just a matter of having a green thumb. Utilizing crop rotation in the garden can provide similar benefits for horticulturists as it does for farmers who apply these practices ...

A north Iowa farmer says changes to his crop rotation are not market driven. Casey Schlichting of Clear Lake tells Brownfield ...

Columnist Chuck Martin says that his job as a horticulturist is understanding nature and fighting its tendencies.

Crop rotation involves rotating crops or crop families from one growing period to the next. For example, farmers may plant corn in their fields one year and soybeans the next or grow a spring crop of ...

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 ...

Not all growers are planning to shift to more corn acres this year. Southeast Iowa farmer Tim Meyer tells Brownfield he has no plans to disrupt what’s been working for him on his operation. “I would ...

Crop rotation is the practice of planting different crops sequentially on the same plot to improve soil health, optimize nutrients in the soil and fight pests and weeds. We’ll get to that ...