While the majority of Midwestern farmers rotate corn and soybeans, commodity prices and corn yield advantages compel some to ...

Crop rotation is one of agriculture’s oldest cultural practices. In a home vegetable garden, crop rotation is achieved by changing the location of vegetables within the garden each season.

The four-crop rotation does take more management skills and a desire to use a joint-farming operation, but when energy prices go up, it might be a more attractive option for farmers.

Crop rotation is an ancient practice, dating back to pre-Roman times, to preserve soil fertility. Here’s how you can do it in your Marin garden.

Crop rotation also allows horticulturists to manage their soil fertility and balance nutrients used by certain families of plants. “Some crops are heavy feeders of nutrients and can deplete the ...

In “Kitchen Garden Living” (Cool Springs Press, 2025), author Bailey Van Tassel invokes an easily memorized rhyme concerning crop rotation in the vegetable garden: “beans, roots, greens ...