We know what you’re thinking: what is crop rotation? Well, it’s as simple as it sounds. Crop rotation is the practice of ...

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 ...

An international study involving INRAE and coordinated by China Agriculture University has shown that the practice of crop rotation outperforms continuous monoculture in terms of yield, nutritional ...

February has arrived and as a vegetable gardener, you are likely ordering seeds and making plans for your garden for the coming growing season. One factor to consider when planning your vegetable ...

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 ...

Crop rotation is a system of deciding which vegetables to plant in your garden and where to plant them from one year to the next. The main goals of rotating crop positions are to maintain soil ...

Although crop rotation is practised widely in Europe, notably for the control of crop pests, diseases and invasive weeds, monocultures[1] still dominate in Africa and Southern Asia. Elsewhere, ...

A YouTube video of a home gardener caught my attention recently. The gardener said that crop rotation (putting vegetables in different spots each time you plant to reduce disease and insect problems) ...

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 ...

The last harvest is 88 years away and Wayne Ebelhar knows he’ll never bring in the final crop. He is 12 years into a 100-year look at crop rotation with measurable results pointing to the bottom line.