These climate-related challenges disrupt water cycles and contribute to water scarcity, which directly impacts farmers' ...

A new computational model shows how different patterns of crop rotation -- planting different crops at different times in the same field -- can impact long-term yield when the crops are threatened by ...

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, fruits.” The ...

When planning a vegetable garden for next year, one of the first thoughts that may come to mind after choosing which plants to grow is where in the garden they should be planted. Accounting for water, ...

Q: In Southern California (and other warm-winter areas), we have two growing seasons instead of one per year. Do we still have to rotate our vegetable crops on a four-year schedule, or can we reduce ...

When the Southern Cover Crops Council held its annual conference recently in Baton Rouge, I was fortunate to sit in on panel discussions with farmers and specialty crops (vegetables, fruits, nuts and ...

Rotating crops fertilized with livestock manure does not increase soil carbon levels, according to preliminary results of an ongoing study from Iowa State University. Why it matters: The findings ...

When King Charles III visited Honeydale Farm in England's Cotswolds region, one of his first remarks was: "Monoculture. That's our problem." Stream San Diego News for free, 24/7, wherever you are with ...