Soil Tillage and Crop Rotation

Soil Tillage and Crop Rotation - USDA ERS

Tillage—turning the soil to control for weeds and pests and to prepare for seeding—has long been part of crop farming. However, intensive soil ...

Sustainable Soil Practices: Understanding Tillage and Crop Rotation

When combined, reduced tillage and crop rotation create a strong, sustainable foundation for farm ecosystems. Reduced tillage minimizes ...

Long-term effects of crop rotation, tillage, and fertilizer nitrogen on ...

We conclude that diversifying crop rotations increases soil microbial activity, surface SOC sequestration, and crop productivity in the long-term.

Crop Rotation and Soil Tilth - SARE

Additional ways to improve soil tilth include reducing tillage and using cover crops. There are thus a number of approaches to improving the physical quality of ...

Soil chemical properties after 12 years of tillage and crop rotation

Corn in rotation enhanced soil organic matter (SOM) by 22% and soil organic carbon (SOC) by 28% in corn in the 3-yr rotation compared with corn in the 4-yr ...

Value of Crop Rotation Under Various Tillage Systems

* Generally, higher yields were recorded for the rotation corn than for continuous corn, regardless of soil type or tillage system, with highest yields ...

Long-term Tillage and Crop Rotation Experiment - Soil Fertility

The experiment compares three levels of tillage intensity—no-tillage, chisel, and moldboard, and three crop rotations—continuous-corn, 2-year corn-soybean, and ...

Long-term impact of tillage and crop rotation on soil health at four ...

Long-term agricultural production with different tillage systems and crop rotations affect soil health, and thereby influence agricultural sustainability.

How Tillage and Crop Rotation Change the Distribution Pattern of ...

As the shift to no-tillage reduces selective pressures on soil fungi, so does incorporate different crops into a rotation. Crop rotations increase plant ...

How Tillage and Crop Rotation Change the Distribution Pattern of ...

As the shift to no-tillage reduces selective pressures on soil fungi, so does incorporate different crops into a rotation. Crop rotations ...

Long Term Effects of Tillage–Crop Rotation Interaction on Soil ...

Conservation agriculture based on no-tillage (NT) and crop rotation allows to enhance soil health. Based on data collected from long-term ...

Soil chemical properties after 12 years of tillage and crop rotation

Soil chemical studied were not influenced by tillage or crop rotation. Corn in rotation enhanced soil organic matter (SOM) by 22% and soil ...

Tillage Intensity and Conservation Cropping in the United States

Conservation tillage, particularly no-till or strip-till, used in conjunction with soil cover practices (like conservation crop rotations and cover crops) can ...

Microbial community responses to soil tillage and crop rotation in a ...

Our results indicate that tilling of agricultural soil may magnify the degree of nutrient waste and runoff by altering nutrient cycles through ...

Tillage and crop rotation effects on the yield of corn, soybean, and ...

Crop order in the rotation (corn–soybean–wheat vs. corn–wheat–soybean) did not result in significant yield differences. An economic, agronomic, or environmental ...

Impact of Tillage Crop Rotation Systems on Soil Carbon Sequestration

Report on the relationship between current agricultural practices and the carbon cycle. Pages / Length: 6 Publication Date: 05/2001

Soil quality response to long-term tillage and crop rotation practices

Soil quality/health is a product of inherent (parent material, climate, and topography) and anthropogenic (tillage and crop rotation) interactions (Karlen ...

Influence of Cover Crop, Tillage, and Crop Rotation Management on ...

Cover cropping, tillage and crop rotation management can influence soil nutrient availability and crop yield through changes in soil physical, chemical and ...

Effects of soil tillage and crop rotation on the development of wheat ...

The soil tillage method did not influence the development of WSD, but the impact of crop rotation was significant, and the cropping system where ...

Crop Rotations - Rodale Institute

Crop rotation is the practice of planting different crops sequentially on the same plot of land to improve soil health, optimize nutrients in the soil, and ...