scholarly journals Comparison of Long-Run Net Returns of Conventional and Organic Crop Rotations

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (19) ◽  
pp. 7891
Author(s):  
Michael R. Langemeier ◽  
Xiaoyi Fang ◽  
Michael O’Donnell
Keyword(s):  
Crop Rotation ◽  
Small Proportion ◽  
Risk Model ◽  
Crop Yields ◽  
Downside Risk ◽  
Crop Rotations ◽  
Wheat Crop ◽  
Trade Off ◽  
Net Returns ◽  
Long Run

This study compares the long-run net returns to land of conventional corn/soybean and corn/soybean/wheat crop rotations to that of an organic corn/soybean/wheat crop rotation. The net returns to land for the organic crop rotation were found to be approximately $68 and $74 per acre higher than those of the conventional corn/soybean and conventional corn/soybean/wheat crop rotations, respectively. Average net return estimates are sensitive to price, yield, and cost assumptions. Organic crop prices would have to drop more than 17.8 percent and organic crop yields would have to drop more than 16.8 percent before the conventional corn/soybean crop rotation was more profitable than the organic corn/soybean/wheat crop rotation. These percentage changes are relatively small compared to the historical relationships between organic and conventional crop prices and yields. A risk model was used to examine the trade-off between expected net returns and downside risk. Converting even a small proportion of acreage to an organic corn/soybean/wheat crop rotation improves net returns and reduces downside risk compared to only utilizing conventional crop rotations.

scholarly journals Effects of hydrothermal conditions on agrophysical properties of typical chernozem and crop rotation productivity in the system of organic farming

2020 ◽  
pp. 70-80
Author(s):  
S. I. Kudria
Keyword(s):  
Crop Rotation ◽  
Crop Yields ◽  
Spring Barley ◽  
Weather Conditions ◽  
Crop Rotations ◽  
Agricultural Sustainability ◽  
Natural Fertility ◽  
Selling Price ◽  
Hydrothermal Conditions ◽  
Typical Chernozem

Relevance of research. Having the variability of hydrothermal conditions, the rate of plant life, the intensity of photosynthesis and evaporation and the activity of plant nutrient consumption change. As a rule, the optimization of the water-air regime of the soil by conducting various types of amelioration makes it possible to significantly reduce the negative effects of adverse weather conditions and ensure high sustainability of agroecosystems. However, with regard to the requirements for organic agriculture in the regions with a shortage of water supply without sufficient water resources and without the use of fertilizers to effectively conduct agricultural production is problematic. Thus, the establishment of the patterns of the dynamics of agrophysical soil properties, taking into account their impact on the bioproductivity of agrophytocenoses under variable weather conditions is the theoretical basis for solving the problem of increasing agricultural sustainability, in particular using only natural fertility and obtaining organic crop products. Purpose and objectives of research: To establish the mechanisms of changes in the nutrient regime of typical chernozem, its agrophysical properties and crop yields in different crop rotations in relation to the dynamics of agrometeorological factors under the conditions of insufficient water supply in the eastern Forest-Steppe of Ukraine; to evaluate the productivity potential of cereals and grain crops in the system of organic farming without the use of mineral fertilizers. Research methods and techniques. Evaluation of the changes in agrometeorological resources of the territory was carried out using the method of mathematical and statistical analysis of the indicators of heat and moisture supply conditions: climatic water balance and precipitation. The data obtained from the stationary experiment were processed by the methods of system generalization, correlation, economic, calculation and comparative analyzes. Research results and main conclusions. Based on the information obtained in the course the stationary agrotechnical experiment it was established that the soil density changes over the years and depends on the hydrothermal conditions with the approximation certainity of (R2) 0.75. The inverse relationship between the specific weight of the soil and its water conductivity in terms of crop rotations with R2=0.8-0.9, by years with R2=0.6 was revealed. The variation coefficient of legumes yield was 30-33%, winter wheat – 33-37%, spring barley – 36-37%, which are the indicators of its low stability over the years. Crop yields, depending on the weather conditions of the year, also fluctuated significantly: peas between 0.8-3.2, lathyrus – 0.8-2.6, winter wheat – 0.6-6.8, buckwheat – 0.6-1.9, spring barley – 0.6-3.5 t/ha. Crop rotation with peas in terms of productivity of 2.4 t/ha of grain on average outperformed the others (2.2 and 2.0 t/ha) while maintaining the patterns of fluctuations of this indicator in relation to hydrothermal conditions. Having the average statistical selling price, the yield per 1 ha of crop rotation area of all studied crop rotations was almost the same with the fluctuations in the unfavorable years of 27-35 c. u./ha, in favorable ones – 97-104 c. u./ha, with the average value of 66-73 c. u./ha. If we assume that the selling price of organic products will be 25% higher than usual, the average annual yield will triple. Prospects for further research should correspond to the global trend of scientific research aimed at developing conceptual bases for the effects of hydrothermal conditions on agrophysical soil properties, taking into account their impact on bioproductivity of agrophytocenoses as a theoretical basis for solving the problem of increasing agricultural sustainability, in particular, using only the natural fertility of the organic-oriented model of developing the agricultural sector of the economy.

scholarly journals Influence of forage crop rotations on crop yields and phytosanitary conditions of soils in the Baikal region

2021 ◽  
Vol 296 ◽  
pp. 01004
Author(s):  
Zoya V. Kozlova ◽  
Vlada V. Kolocheva
Keyword(s):  
Crop Rotation ◽  
Baikal Region ◽  
Crop Yields ◽  
Steppe Zone ◽  
Crop Rotations ◽  
Forest Steppe ◽  
Natural Ecosystems ◽  
Forage Crop ◽  
Control Option ◽  
Perennial Legumes

The article considers the practical aspects of ensuring the preservation of natural ecosystems based on the use of organic farming technologies. It presents the results of research in the forest-steppe zone of the Baikal region for 2011-2018. On the basis of the phytosanitary state of crops studying analysis, it was found that the correct alternation of crops in crop rotation suppresses the level of weeds, thereby not affecting the productivity of agricultural crops. The paper reveals the characteristics of agrophysical and water properties of gray forest soil, the influence of forage crop rotations with meadow clover on the yield of cultivated crops. According to the research results, the authors found that overseeding of legumes in the fields of forage crop rotations increases the average productivity by 16.6% in comparison with the control option. The influence of the aftereffect of perennial legumes in crop rotations increases the yield of grain fodder and silage crops by 20-31.8%. The crop rotation with two fields of meadow clover (crop rotation No. 3) was determined to be the best for all indicators.

Effect of Spring Tillage Sequence on Summer Annual Weeds in Vegetable Row Crop Rotations

2006 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 204-214 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Edward Peachey ◽  
Ray D. William ◽  
Carol Mallory-Smith
Keyword(s):  
Crop Rotation ◽  
Sweet Corn ◽  
Crop Yields ◽  
Conventional Tillage ◽  
Crop Rotations ◽  
Vegetable Crops ◽  
Weed Density ◽  
Snap Beans ◽  
Row Crop ◽  
Annual Weeds

The effects of spring tillage sequence on summer annual weed populations were evaluated over two cycles of a 3-yr crop rotation of snap beans, sweet corn, and winter wheat. Continuous no-till (N) planting of vegetable crops each spring (NNNN) reduced summer annual weed density 63 to 86% compared to that of continuous conventional tillage (CCCC), depending upon site and herbicide level. Hairy nightshade populations were reduced by 88 to 96% when spring tillage was eliminated from the crop rotation. The effects of the NNNN spring tillage sequence on weed density were similar at two sites even though the crop rotations at the two sites began with different crops. The rotational tillage sequence of NCNC at the East site, in a crop rotation that began with corn, reduced summer annual weed density by 46 to 51% compared to that of continuous conventional tillage and planting (CCCC) at low and medium herbicide rates, respectively. In contrast, the tillage sequence of CNCN in the same crop rotation and at the same site increased weed density by 80% compared to that of CCCC at a low herbicide rate. The effects of the NCNC and CNCN rotational tillage sequences on weed density were reversed at the West site, and was probably caused by pairing sweet corn with conventional tillage rather than no tillage. The reduction in summer annual weed density caused by reduced spring tillage frequency did not significantly increase crop yields.

scholarly journals Main criteria for evaluation of efciency and contradictions in the process of crop rotation implementation

2021 ◽  
pp. 7-14
Author(s):  
I. Prymak ◽  
L. Karpuk ◽  
M. Yermolaev ◽  
A. Pavlichenko ◽  
L. Filipova
Keyword(s):  
Crop Rotation ◽  
Crop Yields ◽  
Organic Fertilizer ◽  
Crop Rotations ◽  
Human Interaction ◽  
Mineral Fertilizers ◽  
Plant Residues ◽  
Biological Cycle ◽  
Joint Application ◽  
Positive Balance

The nature of subjective positioning on the role of crop rotations in agriculture from many points of view, namely – agrochemical, biological, geological and energetic. This leads to the belief that crop rotation arose as a need for reasonable human interaction with nature, a careful attitude to it. However, a comprehensive ecological and biosphere approach to understanding the essence of crop rotation requires the resolution of certain contradictions that arise in the implementation of modern farming systems. Based on the data of long-term feld experiments, the main indicators of the biological cycle of humus carbon in black soil are calculated. The calculation is based on the balance of humus as the difference between the fnal and initial content and reserves in the soil under different crop rotations. We found that the joint application of organic and mineral fertilizers had a positive effect on the balance of humus and nitrogen in the soil and, ultimately, on crop yields and crop rotation productivity. Against this background, a positive balance of humus (+1.29 t/ha) and total nitrogen (+80 kg/ha) in the soil is observed. Strengthening the organic fertilizer system by using, in addition to manure, by-products of crops – cereal straw, peas, corn stalks contributed to the formation of a positive balance of humus and nitrogen in the soil: the annual accumulation of humus was 0.28 t/ha, nitrogen 14 kg/ha. Due to the humifcation of crop residues of cereals, peas and perennial legumes during the 7-year study period in the soil of control crop rotation 1 formed humus 2.85 t/ha, in crop rotation 14 with grasses – 7.0, the rest of crop rotations – from 3.4 up to 4.0 t/ha. In general, 5.5 % of the initial stock of humus or 8.9 t/ha was mineralized in the crop rotation without fertilizers during the specifed period. If we add to this about 3 t/ha of humus, the decomposition of which in the process of mineralization was compensated by plant residues, then during this period decomposed about 12 t/ha of humus. This value of mineralization characterizes the parameters of the biological cycle of humus in the control crop rotation. Key words: soil, fertilizers, crop rotations, crop yield, crop rotation productivity, plant residues, humifcation, humus, humus mineralization, humus balance.

Manipulation of ley pastures with herbicides to control take-all

1993 ◽  
Vol 44 (6) ◽  
pp. 1235 ◽  
Author(s):  
WJ MacLeod ◽  
GC MacNish ◽  
CW Thorn
Keyword(s):  
Grain Yield ◽  
Crop Rotation ◽  
Broad Spectrum ◽  
Dry Matter ◽  
Crop Yields ◽  
Wheat Crop ◽  
Herbicide Treatments ◽  
Second Year ◽  
Pasture Yield ◽  
Take All

The effect of grass-selective and broad-spectrum herbicides in pasture:wheat rotation experiments were studied from 1981 to 1986 at Esperance, W.A. The quantity of pasture and the proportion of grass present in the pasture phases were determined. Pastures were grazed by sheep. Incidence and severity of take-all and grain yield were measured in the wheat phases. The rotations studied were either a 2 year pasture: 1 year crop or 1 year pasture: 1 year crop. Herbicide treatments greatly decreased the grass content of pastures in the year of application, and this effect carried over to the second year in the 2 year pasture: 1 year crop rotation. Herbicide reduced total pasture yield in the year of application, but not in the year following. Herbicide treatment of pastures decreased the incidence and severity of take-all in the following wheat crop. Crop yields were increased following treated pastures and to a greater extent than could be exdained bv decreased take-all alone. Incidence of take-all depended primarily upon the quantity of grass in the previous pasture (5.4% incidence of take-all per 100 kg ha-1 grass dry matter in the previous pasture). Incidence of take-all was also related to the incidence of take-all in previous wheat crops and the quantity of grass in the pasture in the preceding two years.

scholarly journals Legumes crop rotation can improve food and nutrition security in Nepal

2013 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
pp. 123-127 ◽  
Author(s):  
S Pokhrel ◽  
S Pokhrel
Keyword(s):  
Soil Erosion ◽  
Crop Rotation ◽  
Food Production ◽  
Crop Production ◽  
Crop Yields ◽  
Nutrition Security ◽  
Long Run ◽  
Cost Controls ◽  
Food And Nutrition ◽  
The Impact

An intensive review of the literatures was made to access the importance of crop rotation for sustainable agriculture in Nepal. Result shows that an appropriate crop sequences improves soil fertility, reduces fertilizer cost, controls soil erosion, makes environment healthy, increases crop yields and develop sustainable crop production in the long run. Based on the study, identification of location specific crop sequences, their extension and evaluation of the impact on food production are recommended. Agronomy Journal of Nepal (Agron JN) Vol. 3. 2013, Page 123-127 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/ajn.v3i0.9014

scholarly journals Feasibility of different crop rotations for cultivation in salt affected soils

2019 ◽  
Vol 114 (1) ◽  
pp. 21
Author(s):  
Khalil AHMED ◽  
Ghulam QADIR ◽  
Muhammad Qaisar NAWAZ ◽  
Muhammad SARFRAZ ◽  
Muhammad RIZWAN ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Crop Rotation ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Block Design ◽  
Soil Health ◽  
Crop Rotations ◽  
Wheat Crop ◽  
Net Income ◽  
Salt Affected Soil ◽  
Rotation Scheme ◽  
Salt Affected Soils

<p>Crop rotation can be used as an effective technique for managing salt-affected soils, however selection of suitable crop rotation at farmer field is very intricate decision which depends on expected net revenue, available resources and preserving the soil quality. In this perspective a study was conducted to evaluate a suitable crop rotation scheme for salt affected soils in term of economic value and improving the soil health. Seven crop rotation used were; T<sub>1</sub> = Wheat-Rice, T<sub>2</sub> = Wheat-Sesamum, T<sub>3</sub> = Ispagol-Rice, T<sub>4</sub> = Ispagol-Qulfa, T<sub>5</sub> = Tukhum-e-blangoo-Qulfa, T<sub>6</sub> = Ajwain-Niazboo, T<sub>7</sub> = Saunf-Podina. A moderately salt affected field {pH<sub>s </sub>= 8.65, EC<sub>e</sub> = 5.20 dS m<sup>-1</sup>, SAR = 27.73 (mmol l<sup>-1</sup>)<sup>1/2</sup>} was selected. The experimental design was randomized complete block design (RCBD) with three replications having plot size of 4 m x 6 m. Results of two years study showed that maximum grain yield was recorded by rice wheat rotation and maximum net income (208352 Rs. ha<sup>−1</sup>) and BCR (4.72) was also observed in rice-wheat crop rotation over all other crop rotations. With respect to ameliorative affect, rice- wheat rotation also showed a significant positive impact on chemical properties of salt affected soil. Therefore, it is suggested that rice wheat crop rotation is the most suitable and economically attractive cropping scheme in salt affected soil which has potential to provide better long-term income to farmers, improve soil health and combat soil deterioration caused by salinity.</p>

scholarly journals Modern systems of agriculture and a new interpretation of crop rotation value of agricultural crops

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 319-329
Author(s):  
M. S. Shevchenko ◽  
L. M. Decyatnik ◽  
K. A. Derevenets-Shevchenko
Keyword(s):  
Crop Rotation ◽  
System Analysis ◽  
Crop Yields ◽  
Spring Barley ◽  
Steppe Zone ◽  
Crop Rotations ◽  
Main Motive ◽  
New Interpretation ◽  
Favorable Conditions

Based on a broad experimental study of crop rotation productivity in different locations of the Steppe zone, a correlative model for estimating the role of predecessors in the formation of post-crop yields has been developed. The connection between quality of agrotechnologies and change of degree of crop rotation competitiveness of culture is presented. A retrospective analysis of the efficiency of farming and crop rotation systems showed that the constant improvement of varieties and hybrids of crops and technologies for their cultivation created objective agrobiological grounds for reassessment of predecessors in crop rotation. The main motive for this transformation was that in modern agricultural systems, high-potential biotechnological resources allow to obtain higher crop yields on the worst predecessors than on the best in the past. In order to universalize the evaluation of crop rotation efficiency and model their productivity, it is proposed to introduce a crop rotation depression coefficient, which shows the share of yield remaining after individual predecessors compared to its baseline level after black fallow. The most favorable conditions developed after crops with a coefficient above 0,80 – winter wheat, barley, rape, rye, spring barley, oats. At the same time, the development of post-rotational crops was significantly inhibited by sunflower, corn for grain and silage, beets, sorghum and soybeans, their depression coef-ficient was 0,66–0,78. The proposed methodology of system analysis for the assessment of predecessors opens wider opportunities for the formation of adapted crop rotations, optimization the set of crops to market requirements, formation important adjustments to crop rotations in extreme conditions, regulation crop rotation productivity taking into account agrotechnological modernization. Keywords: crop rotation, tillage, fertilizers, crops, grain, predecessors, harvest, minimization.

scholarly journals Productivity of grain crop rotations in the landscape conditions of the Central Ciscaucasia

2021 ◽  
pp. 89-92
Author(s):  
A. I. Khripunov ◽  
E. N. Obshchiya
Keyword(s):  
Winter Wheat ◽  
Crop Rotation ◽  
Spring Barley ◽  
Maximum Yield ◽  
Weather Conditions ◽  
Crop Rotations ◽  
Wheat Crop ◽  
Mineral Fertilizers ◽  
Grain Crop ◽  
Winter Wheat Crop

Increasing the yield of the most profitable field crops and their placement in crop rotations is an urgent problem of agriculture. The purpose of the studies is to study the productivity of grain crop rotations with various saturation of winter wheat on various power backgrounds and landscape taxons in the zone of unstable moisturizing of the Stavropol Territory. Productivity of grain crop rotations depends on the developing weather conditions, the introduction of mineral fertilizers, saturation of crop rotations with winter wheat and location in the relief. The maximum yield of grain units was observed in crop rotations with winter crops. In crop rotation with a spring barley, they were collected by 3.5–4.2 с less. The use of fertilizers increased the collection of grain units on average by 4.9–6.1 c/ha. On the outskirts of the placard (A1) due to lower soil fertility the minimum collection of grain units was obtained (20.2 с). On average (A2) and lower (A3) slopes their fee increased by 11.7 c, or 57.9%, and by 14.5 c, or 71.8%. In the first crop rotation with 60% saturation of winter wheat the maximum yield of the grain of this culture was obtained. In the second and third crop rotation with 40% grain saturation wasassembled by 6.2–6.3 c less. Putting fertilizers in a dose of N40P40K40 increased the grain collection in the first crop rotation by 4.1, in the second — by 2.2 and in the third — by2.4 c, and according to taxons: on A1 — by1.4,on A2 — by3.6 and onA3 — by 3.8 c. According to the landscape taxons, the release of grain of winter wheat differed at 7.9–10.2 c with the maximum value on the lower slope. Upon the exit of the grain and feed units on all power backgrounds, 1st and 3rd crop turns were leading, and in the exit of the grain of winter wheat — crop rotation with 3 fields of winter wheat.

Short-term impact of fallow frequency and perennial grass on soil organic carbon in a Brown Chernozem in southern Alberta

2002 ◽  
Vol 82 (4) ◽  
pp. 481-488 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Bremer ◽  
H H Janzen ◽  
R H McKenzie
Keyword(s):  
Crop Rotation ◽  
Crop Yields ◽  
Agricultural Soils ◽  
Perennial Grass ◽  
Light Fraction ◽  
Crop Rotations ◽  
Fertilizer Treatment ◽  
Continuous Cropping ◽  
Organic C ◽  
Summer Fallow

Maximum sequestration of atmospheric C in agricultural soils of the Canadian prairies can be achieved by the replacement of crop rotations that include summer fallow with continuous cropping or perennial forages. However, few studies have documented potential gains of soil organic C (SOC) in the region with the greatest use of fallow, the Brown soil zone. A dryland crop rotation study was initiated in 1992 on a Chin clay loam (Orthic Brown Chernozem) in southeastern Alberta on a site that had previously been under conventional irrigated cereal production. The study included fertilized and unfertilized treatments of the following crop rotations: fallow-wheat (FW), fallow-wheat-wheat (FWW), continuous wheat (W) and grass (G). The grass rotation consisted of pubescent wheatgrass (Agropyron trichophorum) harvested for hay. Total organic-, light fraction- and 10-wk mineralized-C and -N were determined in fall 1997, 6 yr after study initiation. Growing season precipitation (April through August) was 43% above long-term normals in the first 2 yr of this study, supporting excellent grass establishment and high crop yields, but was below normal thereafter. Fertilization with N and P increased average rotation yields by 21 to 56%, with the greatest yield increases in the G and W rotations. Total SOC to 15 cm (equivalent mass basis) was 1.5 Mg ha-1 higher (P = 0.03) in the W rotation and 3.0 Mg ha-1 higher (P = 0.0001) in the G rotation than in the FW rotation, but was not affected by fertilizer treatment or the interaction of fertilizer and crop rotation treatments. Low variability in measured SOC allowed us to detect differences as low as 1.3 Mg ha-1 among crop rotations, demonstrating that small effects of crop management on SOC can be detected using appropriate methods at uniform sites. Much of the gain in SOC in the G treatment was in mineralizable and light fraction material, indicating that this gain in SOC would be readily lost upon reversion to annual cropping. A simple calculation of residue C inputs and conversion to SOC showed that most of the gain in SOC in the W treatment was due to increased crop residue inputs, but that both increased inputs and reduced decomposition rates likely affected SOC gains in the G treatment. The average gain in SOC during the 6-yr period of this study was 0.25 Mg ha-1 yr-1 due to the elimination of fallow and 0.5 Mg ha-1 yr-1 due to establishment of a perennial forage. Key words: Soil organic matter, carbon sequestration, summer fallow, light fraction

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