We know what you’re thinking: what is crop rotation? Well, it’s as simple as it sounds. Crop rotation is the practice of rotating crops belonging to specific groups around a vegetable bed from year to ...

Researchers have shown that a plot of land on the campus of Auburn University that has been maintained by a century old practice of sustainable farming can produce similar cotton crops to those using ...

Dakota Lakes Research farm in Pierre, South Dakota, utilizes multiple crop rotations. Dwayne Beck offers tips for producers when adding new rotations to their farms. The Dakota Lakes Research Farm at ...

Stepping into your garden after a long winter and realizing you’ve become a vegetable tycoon is a feeling unlike any other. Gardeners everywhere dream of that moment—the moment when everything you ...

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 ...

Few consider moving perennial vegetables when rotating crops in the vegetable garden. Asparagus, for example, can be produced in one location for up to 30 years, and it takes three initial years of ...