answersLogoWhite

0

crop rotation

User Avatar

Wiki User

14y ago

What else can I help you with?

Continue Learning about Earth Science

Changing what is planted from year to year to protect topsoil?

Rotating crops is a technique used to protect topsoil by alternating the types of plants grown in a field each year. This helps to prevent soil erosion, maintain soil fertility, and reduce the buildup of pests and diseases specific to certain crops. By rotating crops, a balance can be achieved in the soil ecosystem, leading to healthier and more sustainable agricultural practices.


How are two ways farmers can avoid soil exhaustion?

Farmers can avoid soil exhaustion by practicing crop rotation, where different crops are planted each season to maintain soil fertility. They can also implement cover cropping to protect the soil against erosion and improve its nutrient content.


Can you plant peas in the same soil year after year?

It is generally not recommended to plant peas in the same soil year after year, as it can deplete the soil of necessary nutrients and increase the likelihood of disease buildup. Rotating pea crops with other plants can help maintain soil health and reduce pest and disease issues.


What is it called when farmers try to protect the soil by alternating the crops they plant each year?

Crop rotation. It involves planting different crops in a sequential pattern on the same piece of land to help maintain soil health, reduce pest and disease pressure, and improve crop yields.


What action can be taken to prevent soil erosion?

Use plants to provide windbreak, absorb water, and trap soil within their root mass to prevent erosion. Native trees or shrubs on slopes or stream beds may need to be mulched to protect the roots until they get established. In agricultural areas, planting cover crops or perennial crops provide year-round protection from the elements and prevent erosion. Many farmers now practice no-till methods of cultivation, leaving the some of the roots of the previous season's crop in the soil to compost and hold the soil while the current season's crop is planted.

Related Questions

What is Changing what is planted from year to protect topsoil?

crop rotation : )


Changing what is planted from year to year to protect topsoil?

Rotating crops is a technique used to protect topsoil by alternating the types of plants grown in a field each year. This helps to prevent soil erosion, maintain soil fertility, and reduce the buildup of pests and diseases specific to certain crops. By rotating crops, a balance can be achieved in the soil ecosystem, leading to healthier and more sustainable agricultural practices.


What is a limiting factor unique to a field planted with corn year after year is mostly likely?

soil nutrients


What best describes the agriculture of the mayans a.each year they rotated the kinds of crops planted b when an area of soil wore out they cleared and planted a new area c they grazed?

More than likely b: When an area of soil wore out they cleared and planted a new area.


What is the name of the agricultural practice in which large fields are planted with a single crop year after year?

Crop monoculture is the name of the agricultural practice in which large fields are planted with a single crop year after year. Although this has its advantages, it also has disadvantages like the eventual diminishing of nutrients in the soil.


How are two ways farmers can avoid soil exhaustion?

Farmers can avoid soil exhaustion by practicing crop rotation, where different crops are planted each season to maintain soil fertility. They can also implement cover cropping to protect the soil against erosion and improve its nutrient content.


Can you grow seeds in a bottle?

Yes, you can! In year 3, we planted some which was in a bottle full of tissue without ANY soil! When it started to grow it looked really creepy.


What is the effect of a farmer planting wheat the same year in the same field?

Soil depletion. The soil's nutrients would be "mined" out of the soil if the same crop was planted in the same feild year after year. That's why it's more healthier to plant a cereal crop in the field one year, then the next have a pulse crop in like lentils, peas, canola, or whatever pulse/leguminous crop that will grow well in that area.


What year was a flag planted on the moon?

The first flag was planted July 20, 1969.


What type of crop is planted between harvests to reduce soil erosion?

This answer maybe different for other countries, but here in North American no such crop exists. Farmers may just leave the field untilled until next year, or not till at all and instead adopt no-till practices for producing next year's harvest.


At what time of year should rye grass be planted?

autumn is the best time to sow grass seeds avoiding the heat of the summer


How can crop rotation improve?

Pest control is the main benefit of crop rotation. If a farmer plants one type of crop and swaps it out when it starts to attract a certain type of bug it will be awhile before more are attracted to the new plant Crop rotation can also be used to replenish nutrients in the soil. For example, a crop that takes a lot of nitrogen can be planted one year, and the next year one that replenishes nitrogen can be planted.