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Crop Rotation
Crop Rotation: - Planting a succession of different crops on the same land rea as opposed to planting the same crop time after time. [Environmental Protection Agency] News archive for Crop Rotation:: |
AllAfrica.com,...in marshlands reclamation, irrigation, use of agricultural inputs and soil conservation, crop rotation and the increase of bean and maize production.
Down on the farm: Kids spend summer at Stone Barns day camp - 04 Aug 2008
Lower Hudson Journal news,The 22000-square-foot greenhouse bed uses a crop rotation method to preserve the soil and lock in important nutrients. "It gets their hands in the soil,
The urban crop rotation - Jul 30, 2008
Vancouver Sun,Neophyte farmer Nicholas Read is spending the summer learning how to grow food. With the help of City Farm Boy Ward Teulon, who runs a network of 15
Science of crop rotation - Jul 26, 2008
Ottawa Citizen,Then keep the layout in your seed bin for handy reference next year and get ready for crop rotation. Crop rotation is one of those gardening basics that
No charges ever laid under crop rotation rules - Jul 10, 2008
CBC.ca,As the province prepares to tighten guidelines for crop rotation in accordance with a report on nitrates in groundwater, it has emerged that the rules are
Good rotation makes healthier grains - Jul 25, 2008
Peace Country Sun,BY JOANNE THIESSEN MARTENS Crop rotation is known to have many benefits, especially in organic production, and researchers at the University of Manitoba are
Mandatory crop rotation winning farmers' applause - Jul 17, 2008
Atlantic Farm Focus,BY STEVE SHARRATT A mandatory three-year crop rotation could be a real hot potato if the provincial (Prince Edward Island) government attempts to legislate
Ag in the North China Plain: A comparison - Aug 2, 2008
The Prairie Star,...integrated pest management, fertilizer and crop residue tests, and the use of no-till techniques in the crop rotation between winter wheat and soybeans.
Farmers cash in on winter wheat - Jul 30, 2008
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette,...encouraged some farmers to plant more wheat last year, but he opted to stay with his traditional crop rotation and grow more than 500 acres of wheat.
Grow it yourself - Aug 2, 2008
Clarke Times Courier,People forget about those crops,� he said, adding that crop rotation and supplements keep the soil rich and extend the growing season.
SARDA tour focuses on crop scouting for 2008 - Aug 1, 2008
Peace Country Sun,Jay Byer, from the MD of Greenview, spoke next about the need for crop rotation to lessen the risks from crop diseases. Byer said that fusarium wasn’ta big
Rotation key to success for Southeast Peanut Profitability winner - Jul 8, 2008
Southwest Farm Press,When south Georgia farmer Mike Nugent talks about the benefits of crop rotation, he speaks with some authority, especially considering that his 2007 peanut
Academy Answers Gates’ Call for Technology to Aid Poorest Farmers - Jul 31, 2008
New York Times Blogs,These practices might include manipulating carbon inputs, using crop rotation sequences that increase the presence of beneficial organisms, or inoculating
Growing corn in Upper Plains: Can management help? - Aug 1, 2008
Bismarck Farm & Ranch Guide,Crop sequencing studies that ARS-Mandan conducted over the past several years showed grain sorghum to be the most sensitive crop in a crop rotation followed
Wheat COFT trials testing new varieties - Aug 2, 2008
High Plains Journal,Having a good crop rotation system and using no-till are complementary and combine to make even more efficient moisture savings for dryland crops.
No-tillage Plus: Cover Crops Offer A Model For Sustainability In ... - Jul 28, 2008
Science Daily (press release)An international team of scientists from Brazil, France, and the US studied the impact of different cover crops, crop rotation, and tillage on soil organic
Roundup Ready beets highlighted at UW's Powell field tour - Aug 2, 2008
The Prairie Star,The crop may be an option to work into crop rotation in the basin. Confection sunflowers are ex-ported to Europe where they are consumed individually and
Ethanol plant could be in Jefferson County by late 2010 or early 2011 - Jul 31, 2008
Beaumont Enterprise,Annually-seeded sorghum has to be planted yearly, but Dishman said it is a crop that could fit into a rice crop rotation. "The big deal with this for
Growing Popularity - Jul 31, 2008
Gorkhapatra,Organic farmers focus on crop rotation, green manure, compost, cover cropping, mulching, biological pest control and mechanical cultivation to maintain soil
International Research Institute Increases Maize Harvest in West ... - Jul 11, 2008
Voice of AmericaFrom Kano, Nigeria, Voice of America English to Africa Service’s Isiyaku Ahmed reports that IITA officials suggest fertilization and crop rotation to
The Soybean Crop in Uruguay: The Creation of a Power Block - Jul 8, 2008
IRC's Americas Program,The lack of crop rotation means the land has no opportunity to recover. This in turn leads to increased fertilizer and agro-toxin use (insecticides, etc.
UC Research Report: Experimenting with four-crop, two-year rotations - Jul 8, 2008
California Farm Bureau,A second four-crop rotation will be the same except wheat is the first crop rather than garbanzo beans. This will have slightly different nitrogen needs,
Rabobank Analyst Explores the Increasing Cost of Fertilizer in New ... - Jul 22, 2008
MarketWatchThey are going to use soil testing, variable rate application, intensify their management and re-evaluate their crop rotation," said FitzPatrick.
Amber Waves of Pain - Jul 31, 2008
Washington City Paper,Combined with all the drought stories of the late '90s, the parched-earth campaign of recent years signals that ag stories need some heavy crop rotation.
Landowners should review CRP contracts - Jul 29, 2008
Pampa News,Conservation compliance could entail the implementation of a crop rotation that includes high residue-producing crops like wheat or sorghum,
Gardening advice: Thorny problems - Jul 31, 2008
Telegraph.co.uk,It could be re-sited each year in order to achieve some sort of crop rotation. I wish Diana every success with her project. If she runs out of space - and I
PEI nitrate panel urges mandatory rotations - Jul 9, 2008
Country Guide,Potato growers on Prince Edward Island would be required to adopt a mandatory three-year crop rotation under recommendations from the provincial commission
Camelina Finding New Purpose As Biofuel Source - Jul 28, 2008
RedOrbit,America as little more than a weed, camelina requires little fertilizer, no tilling and is spry enough to bat leadoff in an early-spring crop rotation.
Food crisis intensifies as weed hits western Kenya - Jul 18, 2008
Standard,The report further says high population growth in some of these districts has interfered with crop rotation, which in turn has promoted the spread of the
Climate change strategies at Balaklava GRDC Update - Jul 28, 2008
Yorke Peninsula Country Times,These include reducing crop rotation intensity, increasing soil organic matter to retain moisture and managing the time of sowing.
Pick your own - Jul 31, 2008
Explore Howard County,...and disease-resistant crop varieties, biological controls, sanitation and agricultural practices such as crop rotation, with minimal chemical spraying.
My once productive farm is sterile today! Why? - Jul 9, 2008
Awdalnews Networks,And worst yet, to everything said, add my lack of understanding of the practice of crop rotation … crop rotation is the art of growing one kind of crop in
More tips for cutting food waste - Jul 8, 2008
guardian.co.uk,...these losses have been rising steadily, despite the use of improved seeds, crop rotation, cultivation, crop pesticides and GM crops. On top of that,
CROP and saskatoon field days coming soon - Jul 11, 2008
Central Plains Herald Leader,Depending on your crop rotation, temperature, variety being grown and moisture conditions on your farm, a fungicide may be warranted.
What price next year's crop? - Jul 8, 2008
Farm Weekly,There could also be a revision of crop rotation programs to consider the value of natural nitrogen production, it was suggested. Mr Norton said the meeting
North Dakota Producers Suddenly Manage Larger Farms - Jul 24, 2008
CattleNetwork.com,..."He made some adjustments to the crop rotation, paid double to triple last year's premium cost for revenue crop insurance and forward contracted much more
World farmers urged to join "Greener" revolution - Jul 24, 2008
Xinhua,...and wherever conditions permit it, to management systems based on minimal soil disturbance, increased soil cover, and appropriate crop rotation.
Encourage foreign investment for development: Mansingh - Jul 28, 2008
The Statesman,...factors such as inadequate irrigation facilities and insufficient training on crop rotation and other technological facilities,� Mr Mansingh said.
Barley growers get beer update from Coors - Jul 19, 2008
Billings Gazette,Alan Ballensky, who used to grow barley in Hardin and now farms at Rock Springs north of Miles City, said the key to success is good crop rotation.
Local agriculture research helps improve industry - Jul 10, 2008
Rochelle News Leader,The flexible brands are DuPont Traverse and Freestyle herbicides that maximize crop rotation flexibility. “These products will provide flexible application
Is highrise farming in Toronto's future? - Jul 27, 2008
Toronto Star,Then there's the control piece: Not subject to the vagaries of climate, infestation, or the nutrient cycle of crop rotation, dense hydroponic agriculture
Recycling key to managing phosphorus - Organic Matters - Jul 9, 2008
Saskatoon Western Producer (subscription),...applying composted beef cattle manure to an organic forage-based crop rotation increased soil phosphorus levels and caused higher yields in subsequent
K-State Ag Today: Canola an option for wheat growers - Jul 31, 2008
KTKA.com,..."If you grow wheat continuously, you tend to build up disease, weed and insect pressures, and if you use crop rotation, it makes a lot of common sense
Rural Technology to reduce underemployment - Jul 20, 2008
IPPmedia,The YMCA in Moshi had a college in six weeks adults learnt modern agricultural practices including application of fertilizers, plant spacing, crop rotation
On the Grow: Organic Farm Yields Seeds As Well As Veggies - Jul 15, 2008
istockAnalyst.com,Because he doesn't use chemical fertilizers, Hobbs relies on crop rotation to keep the ground fertile and productive and he uses foliar sprays made from sea
VIN SUPRYNOWICZ: 'You've a gun on your T-shirt' - Jul 13, 2008
Las Vegas Review - Journal,Cultures like the Maya may occasionally collapse due to a failure to develop fertilizers and crop rotation, putting them in dire straits when the inevitable
A Multi-Prong Approach to Carbon Neutrality - Jul 28, 2008
Biomass Magazine,A crop rotation cycle of food crop, biomass and fallow would enable sustainable production of both biomass and food, provided climate change does not become
Learning in English: An uphill struggle - Jul 17, 2008
guardian.co.uk,Because of the looming exams, the kids learn about crop rotation, irrigation and commercial farming in English. Every child in the class is from a family of
Growing fuel - Jul 25, 2008
Hickory Daily Record,With a crop rotation of canola in the winter and sunflowers in the summer, ASU will conduct in-house research at the university with all crops between now
A bright GM farming future - Jul 10, 2008
Truth about Trade & Technology,...variety with conventional canola varieties over a typical five-year crop rotation system, the GM canola consistently delivered superior weed control,
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