| His initial efforts were devoted to improving the condition of his fields and implementing a system of crop rotation which would build them up. |
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| The Thomases' crop rotation includes soybeans, blue corn, popcorn, wheat and barley. |
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| The cotton-flax crop rotation provides producers an alternative crop for traditionally dormant fields. |
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| This, along with a diverse crop and cover crop rotation, seems to discourage the buildup of their populations. |
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| Northern European farmers also began to experiment with the three-field system of crop rotation. |
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| After being in pasture, the land goes through a 4-year crop rotation including one year in beans. |
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| He uses cow manure, green manure and crop rotation to ensure nutrient-rich soil for his rapeseed crop. |
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| We were, quite literally, reaping the rewards of ignoring the judicious practice of crop rotation. |
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| The use of summer fallow, crop rotation, and improved tillage were even less common than in Ontario. |
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| Disease-resistant varieties, crop rotation, and tillage are especially important in management of wheat diseases. |
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| In the end, the open-field system of crop rotation was an obstacle to increased agricultural productivity. |
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| In many cases, fertility can be restored using crop rotation and fallow practices. |
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| Cultural practices used in organic gardening include the use of mulches, crop rotation, and common-sense things like simple hygiene. |
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| Most organic farmers try to supply their nitrogen needs with legumes in the crop rotation or with manures and composts. |
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| For instance, proper crop rotation or ploughing of the field reduces the risks of certain diseases. |
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| Cereal crops like wheat make a good break in a crop rotation, helping to build and maintain soil organic matter and soil structure. |
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| The analysis of single crops revealed large differences that are partly counterbalanced by other crops in the crop rotation. |
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| This land can be brought back to productivity by carting out a long-term plan of fertilization, crop rotation, and rational cultivation. |
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| A better part of the proposal is the idea that farmers should grow more leguminous and oil-producing plants as part of a crop rotation system. |
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| It is also valued for its wide adaptability and importance in crop rotation by nitrifying and improving soil structure. |
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| With the absence of the variant, crop rotation remains our best control strategy for corn rootworm. |
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| Not some stiff like Michael Dukakis reading books about Swedish crop rotation. |
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| Identical varieties were used in all trials, and crop rotation and tilling were kept the same. |
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| I sometimes fantasise about doing crop rotation on my body – wouldn't that make so much sense? |
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| Efsa recommended addressing these with risk mitigation measures such as crop rotation and field buffer zones. |
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| Susceptibility to parasitic nematodes, which are common plant pests, is another consideration in planning a crop rotation. |
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| In the northwest, most farming operations have adequate land for potato crop rotation. |
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| Farmland left fallow in a demonstrable cycle of crop rotation and in accordance with good farming practice is considered to be in production. |
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| It's possible to intensify yields through other methods like adding organic matter, crop rotation, etc. |
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| Educating a farmer on the agronomic value of crop rotation and helping them find additional markets for more crops will usually ensure that they rotate wisely. |
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| It appears that factors of fall moisture, winter exposure, leaf diseases, and early summer heat are larger than crop rotation and or tillage method. |
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| And you seem to have ignored the benefits of crop rotation. |
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| It can only be done by a reorganization of agricultural production, setting up guaranteed prices for producers, better crop rotation and better use of water. |
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| There is evidence that New Guinea gardeners invented crop rotation well before western Europeans. |
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| Futures markets will not lower such instability, but the data they provide can lead farmers to change their crop rotation contingent upon price levels. |
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| As well as the premium rent, the cereal producers gain the benefits of the nitrogen from pulse crop rotation on their land without the investment in fertilizer. |
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| Since its eggs can survive in the soil for several years, crop rotation is recommended. |
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| Central Europeans in the Middle Ages improved upon this system by introducing crop rotation, sowing one field in three with legumes that had the effect of restoring the soil. |
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| We know in some of our studies that if we do a number of things, such as increasing the crop seeding rate and having a good crop rotation scheme, a herbicide is not required any more. |
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| Four beneficial management practices are being studied under the project: surface runoff control, reduced herbicide use, hog slurry management and crop rotation. |
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| Seed treatments are fairly effective in controlling seedling blight, but once the fungus is established in the soil, crop rotation is necessary to eliminate it. |
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| One important change in farming methods was the move in crop rotation to turnips and clover in place of fallow. |
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| Halvorson AD, Peterson GA, Reule CA Tillage system and crop rotation effects on dryland crop yields and soil carbon in the central great plains. |
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| Composting and crop rotation would be better alternatives, Taylor says. |
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| Technological advance usually implies mechanization, although it may be biological and organizational only, as in crop rotation, reconditioning of the soil, improved seeding, or better utilization of available technology. |
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| We've also talked about the importance of using several methods at the same time. These methods include crop rotation, fertilizing the soil, handpicking pests, and intercropping. |
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| He practices crop rotation and intercropping, or growing different crops together in the same field, and uses natural pesticides and fertilizer, like compost produced by worms. |
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| In fact, it is not possible to manage this pathogen successfully where the infestation level is moderate to high without an appropriate crop rotation. |
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| Joining the movement means adhering to a set of principles that range from spurning pesticides, introducing mixed cropping and crop rotation for soil fertility to preserving seeds and genetic resources in farmers' hands. |
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| Indeed, when producers decide on their crop rotation, they can significantly miscalculate the price for which they will be able to sell their harvest. |
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| It looks for practical solutions for ecofriendly production, such as minimum tillage or the use of proper crop rotation in organic arable farming. |
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| Besides the direct sidereal effect on the crop, the sidereal aftereffect on the crop, the soil and the crop rotation appeared of additional importance. |
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| They would walk, on fair evenings, around the village, and discuss the theory of crop rotation, and the weather, and other such sensible matters. |
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| Crop nutrient use may also be managed using cultural techniques such as crop rotation or a fallow period. |
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| African smallholders usually employ crop rotation, so that cotton is alternated with other crops, such as maize or ground nuts. |
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| Given its longevity, crop rotation is generally ineffective. |
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| Cultural practices include crop rotation, culling, cover crops, intercropping, composting, avoidance, and resistance. |
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| It is a strange sort of crop rotation, but it works in some areas. |
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| The essential elements of the organic plant production management system are soil fertility management, choice of species and varieties, multiannual crop rotation, recycling organic materials and cultivation techniques. |
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| A If you don't have the space to do a full traditional crop rotation, just make sure that you don't plant the same crop in the same location two years running. |
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| The Davies were happy to see the return of native flora and fauna, and grey partridge, lapwing and brown hare in particular have benefited from the crop rotation. |
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| Now, they're discovering that there's enough moisture on the central Great Plains for a crop rotation that includes foxtail millet, along with wheat. |
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| Horses took over from oxen as the main providers of traction, new ideas on crop rotation were developed and the growing of crops for winter fodder gained ground. |
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| Legumes are valued in crop rotation for their ability to fix nitrogen. |
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| Among the terms he defines are crop rotation, habitat, low-temperature acclimatisation, quantitative genetics, translocation tester set, and viroid. |
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| In addition, high yielding, forage seeds also help agricultural producers in crop rotation and risk diversification by enhancing the soil quality. |
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| Crop rotation is still the best approach to reduce densities of western corn rootworms in Nebraska. |
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| Crop rotation is important as soil diseases can build up so try again this year in a different place. |
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| Crop rotation prevents a build-up of pests and diseases in the soil, such as clubroot in brassicas, eelworms in potatoes and tomatoes and root rots in peas and beans. |
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| Crop rotation prevents a build up of pests and diseases in the soil, such as clubroot in brassicas, eelworms in potatoes and tomatoes and root rots in peas and beans. |
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