Modern Farmer
APRIL 7, 2025
When people talk about crop diversity, they may be referring to one of a few different farming practices. While crop diversification always involves increasing the number of species present in a growing area , this can look a few different ways. Crop rotation involves rotating crops or crop families from one growing period to the next.
ATTRA
DECEMBER 23, 2024
The big five cash crops for winter in Florida are leafy greens, strawberries, tomatoes, bell peppers, and blueberries. The good news for small-scale growers in Florida is that these winter cash crops can be profitable on limited acreage.
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Modern Farmer
MARCH 31, 2025
When people talk about crop diversity, they may be referring to one of a few different farming practices. While crop diversification always involves increasing the number of species present in a growing area , this can look a few different ways. Crop rotation involves rotating crops or crop families from one growing period to the next.
Modern Farmer
AUGUST 31, 2023
They can also be added to crop rotations to improve soil health in fields that have been degraded from growing the same thing year after year. Cover cropping is a means of increasing soil fertility without chemicals. How do cover crops work? What are the drawbacks of using cover crops?
UnderstandingAg
APRIL 3, 2025
In the UK, it is common practice to introduce leys into the cropping rotation. This simply means turning cropland into temporary pastureland for roughly 2-5 years and back to cropping. Kent custom designed a full season complex cover crop mix and strip grazed it with stocker cattle in the late summer-early fall timeframe.
UnderstandingAg
OCTOBER 29, 2023
Planning Winter Cover Crop Rotations Maximizing cover crop benefits in the garden requires strong crop planning with strategic rotations coupled with creative improvision so it’s important to examine strategies and considerations for incorporating cover crops with no-till methods and inter-seeding.
Cropaia
DECEMBER 19, 2023
Regenerative farmers adopt a range of practices, such as cover cropping, crop rotation, reduced tillage, and diverse planting, to regenerate the soil and promote natural systems within their farms. Cover cropping : Cover crops are strategically planted in between cash crops or during fallow periods.
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