Kansas State University wheat specialist Romulo Lollato says farmers should consider what they might be missing when choosing to leave winter wheat out of their usual crop rotations. Lollato notes ...

Lack of copper in the soil can also lead wheat and other cereal crops to lodge during wet seasons on the Canadian Prairies.

Farmers have utilized rotations of multiple crops over a several year period for hundreds or perhaps even thousands of years. Archeological evidence suggests that farmers in the Fertile Crescent ...

Soil is the core resource of agricultural production. It not only provides crops with nutrients and water for growth but also supports multiple ecological functions such as microbial activity and ...

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 ...

Hello Mid-Ohio Valley farmers and gardeners! Fall is a great time to apply soil amendments to the garden, the lawn and our crop fields. Compost, composted or aged manure, fertilizers and lime can all ...

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, ...