Is the Corn-Soybean Rotation in Trouble? Evidence from the Lancaster Rotation Experiment
2007
- UW-Madison Dept. of Agronomy
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Sustainable agriculture is a practice that over the long term enhances environmental quality and the resource base on which agriculture depends, provides for basic human food and fiber needs, is economically viable, and improves the quality of life for farmers and society (White et al., 1994). Generally, increased diversity of crops grown in rotation enhances sustainability of agriculture systems because crops grown in rotation, with similar off-farm inputs, have greater yield than those grown in monoculture (Mannering and Griffith, 1981; Dick et al., 1986; Higgs et al., 1990).