The more different types of crops a farmer plants the better the chances of exceptional yields.
That from soil researcher Doug Young a the Ridgetown Campus of the University of Guelph who says more crops in the rotation helps the better the potential for the plants doing well.
The longer your rotation, the more diverse your rotation, typically you get better yields and that better yield in a dry year is higher than in a cool wet year," he says. "You get that diversity of crop you get different root systems you change the soil structure and you change the amount of available water."
Young says farmers might want to consider adding oats or barley to their rotations and underseeding with clover as a cover crop.
