An international study involving INRAE and coordinated by China Agriculture University has shown that the practice of crop ...

An international study involving INRAE and coordinated by China Agriculture University has shown that the practice of crop ...

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 ...

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 ...

Raising a vegetable garden with years of continuous success and high-yielding plants is a skill. However, it’s not just a matter of having a green thumb. Utilizing crop rotation in the garden can ...

Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest sci-tech news updates. Switching to certain crop rotations to increase the amount of organic carbon stored in soil could eventually result in higher profits ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...