ATTRA

DECEMBER 23, 2024

After Floridas farmers harvest a wide array of summer crops, the fields do not lie dormant for long. The big five cash crops for winter in Florida are leafy greens, strawberries, tomatoes, bell peppers, and blueberries. In Florida, we call the winter growing season the “second season” of agriculture.

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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?

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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.

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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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UnderstandingAg

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Lastly, ever increasing crop yields over the decades has meant more calcium (Ca 2+ ), magnesium (Mg 2+ ) and potassium (K + ) leaves the field at harvest, which has the same effect as them leaching in high rainfall areas because H + is allowed to reign, and the balance of positively charged nutrients is thrown out of whack.

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UnderstandingAg

JULY 31, 2023

Summer seeding is a great method for resting beds within your rotations. For example, if a fall-winter cash crop was turned over and immediately planted to a spring crop, the summer-winter mix is a good follow up to provide an extended period of rest through the winter.

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Agriculture for Life

JANUARY 12, 2021

This is especially important to encourage long-term quality plant nutrition and greater harvest yields. According to the University of Tennessee’s Institute of Agriculture , soil testing should be done on all crop types anytime a nutrient deficiency is detected or at the start of crop rotation.

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