crop rotation
noun
: the practice of growing different crops in succession on the same land chiefly to preserve the productive capacity of the soil
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The review from the NC State team suggests that government regulation and subsidies—like Environmental Protection Agency regulations already in place to curb insecticide resistance, and federal subsidies that encourage crop rotation—could address herbicide resistance.
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Brooke Borel, Scientific American, 18 June 2018
Going deeper has also meant mastering the complexities of soil and weed management, crop rotation, fertilization, the milling of rice, and bringing it to market.
—Melanie Stetson Freeman, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Jan. 2024
The same applies to improving varietal discovery, crop rotation, fertilization, and irrigation decisions.
—Susan Galer, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2023
There is also a burgeoning interest in sustainable practices such as no-till farming, crop rotation, agrivoltaics, and other sustainability policy that is likely to be at the center of the next Farm Bill.
—Bob Inglis, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
Goswami says that these conservation programs help farmers build resilient agricultural systems through crop rotation, encouraging crop diversification, and integrating other practices to improve the condition of the land.
—Time, 11 Aug. 2023
Integrated pest management, with strategic sowing times, crop rotation, physical barriers where required, and, most crucially, the boosting of biodiversity and the attraction of natural predators, can all keep crops safer and reduce crop damage and losses.
—Elizabeth Waddington, Treehugger, 6 June 2023
Launched on June 24, the model-activist's organization is dedicated to the practice of regenerative agriculture known as biodynamic farming, a chemical-free method of crop rotation that promotes biodiversity and restores the balance of nutrients in soil.
—Sabrina Park, Harper's BAZAAR, 7 July 2021
For over three decades, farmers in Punjab and Haryana have been incentivized to follow the ecologically unsustainable wheat-rice crop rotation system—a key part of the Green Revolution that, beginning in the 1970s, led to a dramatic improvement in India’s food security.
—Nilanjana Bhowmick, National Geographic, 13 Nov. 2020
Brooke Borel, Scientific American, 18 June 2018
Going deeper has also meant mastering the complexities of soil and weed management, crop rotation, fertilization, the milling of rice, and bringing it to market.
—Melanie Stetson Freeman, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Jan. 2024
The same applies to improving varietal discovery, crop rotation, fertilization, and irrigation decisions.
—Susan Galer, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2023
There is also a burgeoning interest in sustainable practices such as no-till farming, crop rotation, agrivoltaics, and other sustainability policy that is likely to be at the center of the next Farm Bill.
—Bob Inglis, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
Goswami says that these conservation programs help farmers build resilient agricultural systems through crop rotation, encouraging crop diversification, and integrating other practices to improve the condition of the land.
—Time, 11 Aug. 2023
Integrated pest management, with strategic sowing times, crop rotation, physical barriers where required, and, most crucially, the boosting of biodiversity and the attraction of natural predators, can all keep crops safer and reduce crop damage and losses.
—Elizabeth Waddington, Treehugger, 6 June 2023
Launched on June 24, the model-activist's organization is dedicated to the practice of regenerative agriculture known as biodynamic farming, a chemical-free method of crop rotation that promotes biodiversity and restores the balance of nutrients in soil.
—Sabrina Park, Harper's BAZAAR, 7 July 2021
For over three decades, farmers in Punjab and Haryana have been incentivized to follow the ecologically unsustainable wheat-rice crop rotation system—a key part of the Green Revolution that, beginning in the 1970s, led to a dramatic improvement in India’s food security.
—Nilanjana Bhowmick, National Geographic, 13 Nov. 2020
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