Re: How many of you guys only grow one crop?

Posted by MFPoor on December 31, 2012 at 05:56:14 from (72.4.0.230):

In Reply to: Re: How many of you guys only grow one crop? posted by IaGary on December 31, 2012 at 05:35:58:

Also, rotating crops lessens the opportunity for disease and insects that thrive on one crop from carrying over from year to year.

I do corn and soybeans, with approx 1/3rd of my corn ground going into wheat, then double cropped soy beans each year. I also put a few acres of alfalfa into the rotation every year. Less than 10% of my ground is in alfalfa. All but a few acres of my crop land is no tilled. I do some ground in conventional tillage just to reassure myself that's a waste of time and money. Yields are higher, cost is lower, and time spent is far less in the no till acreage. The no tilled ground stood up to the drought and heat far better than tilled land this past year.

I also like the idea of not having "all my eggs in one basket" by rotating crops.

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