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In the midwestern part of the US, a very common rotation would be corn the first year or two, then soybeans for a year or two, then wheat, then back to corn.
In the western US, a common rotation is wheat, then sugarbeets, then wheat, then dry beans, then corn, then potatoes or another sugarbeet crop, then back to wheat again.
What else can I help you with?
When did farmers begin to use crop rotation?
At least 2,000 years ago. Ancient Roman literature details some crop rotation methods.
Why is 4 field crop rotation better than 3 year crop rotation?
4 field crop rotation is better than 3 year crop rotation because it could get the job done faster
Does crop rotation lead to soil erosion?
No, The crop rotation is to avoide soil erosion.
What advantages of crop rotation?
Crop rotation allows the soil to recover. Proper crop rotation will replace nutrients that are consumed by the previous crop. Planting the same crop year after year will deplete certain nutrients and make the soil unproductive.
What are some farming practices that assisted them in ending the dust bowl?
No Till Farming, crop rotation, cover crop planting
Crop rotation inventor?
Middle Eastern farmers were the inventors of crop rotations. They were known to practice crop rotation as early as 6000 BC.
What are the ethical issues using crop rotation?
There isn't any really .. crop rotation is alright tbh :)
What are some non-examples of translations?
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Who had the idea of the crop rotation?
Crop rotation has been part of agriculture since virtually the very beginnings of agriculture, so it is impossible to know the name of the individual who had the idea. Every early agrarian society has had some form of crop rotation. The native Americans even had the idea of beneficial interplantings.
Is crop uptake the same as crop rotation?
No. Crop uptake is the water and nutrients the plant moves from its roots up to its leaves, and crop rotation is changing which crop is grown in a given field from one crop cycle to the next.
What is it called when a farmer plants different crops in order to use less nutrients or different nutrients from the soil?
Crop rotation. If you plant the same crop year-after-year. That crop will use up all the nutrients specific to the needs of the plant. Crop rotation involves planting a different crop each year - thus the nutrients in the soil are more evenly used.
Why crop rotation?
to give soil a break from the same crop
