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What is crop rotation? The secret expert gardeners use to guarantee a successful bumper crop of vegetables every year

We know what you’re thinking: what is crop rotation? Well, it’s as simple as it sounds. Crop rotation is the practice of rotating crops belonging to specific groups around a vegetable bed from year to ...
Marin Independent Journal

A guide to crop rotation and why it’s important

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... You grew tomatoes successfully in that sunny corner of your garden last year, so why shouldn’t you plant this year’s seedlings in the same spot? It’s ...
Sterling Journal-Advocate

Crop rotations

Crop rotation strategies can differ from region to region and farm to farm, depending on a farm’s cropping needs and choices. Currently, a grass-heavy rotation exists on many High Plains farms due to ...
Farm Progress

Industrial hemp can fill needed niche in crop rotation

Hemp fits well into crop rotation and may financially out-compete some of the crops grown on the farm today, according to ...
The Journal

Crop rotation matters in the vegetable garden

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 ...
AgWeb

Research Shows Crop Rotations Can Save Money

Farmers are always looking for new ways to improve yields and save money on input costs. Since 2001, researchers at Iowa State University have been running a cropping system experiment looking to ...
Willows Green Permaculture on MSN

Full 2026 garden plan — layout, crop rotations & companion planting walkthrough pt. 3

"Discover my Full Garden Plan 2026 with a complete walkthrough of layout, crop rotations, and companion planting strategies!
AG Week

Try these crop rotations for improved yields and pest control

Dakota Lakes Research farm in Pierre, South Dakota, utilizes multiple crop rotations. Dwayne Beck offers tips for producers when adding new rotations to their farms. The Dakota Lakes Research Farm at ...
The Journal

K-State researcher touts benefits of winter wheat in crop rotation

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 ...
Las Vegas Review-Journal

Crop rotation reduces disease and fertilizer problems

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) ...
JSTOR Daily

Crop rotations differ in soil carbon stabilization efficiency, but the response to quality of structural plant inputs is ambiguous

Aims Evaluate crop rotation diversity, perenniality, carbon (C) inputs, and C input quality as predictors of soil organic carbon (SOC) concentration and aggregate mean weight diameter (MWD). Methods ...