Maximum Yield USA December 2017 | Page 116

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cr p circles by Shannon McKee

Benefitting from crop rotation

You don ’ t have to be a commercial farmer to benefit from crop rotation . Some simple planning for your home garden will keep the soil healthy and the environment happy for years to come .

Not every gardener thinks about next year ’ s crops when dealing with where to plant this year ’ s crops . Some have this idea that crop rotation is only for big commercial farms . Others may think that they just don ’ t have enough space for rotating their crops . The truth is that every garden can benefit from crop rotation when it comes to the positive effects that this rotation has on the fertility of your soil .

SOIL FERTILITY AND CROP ROTATION
Scientists are still learning more about the soil , and how people impact it in agriculture . Food science is a vital field that ’ s making new discoveries all the time . Often these studies are done in places where food harvesting may be less than optimal to help find ways for farmers to improve their sustainable farming methods .
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