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Integrated Grain And Forage Rotations, J. D. Holman, A. Obour, T. Roberts, S. Maxwell
Integrated Grain And Forage Rotations, J. D. Holman, A. Obour, T. Roberts, S. Maxwell
Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports
Producers are interested in growing forages in rotation with grain crops. Many producers are interested in diversifying their operations to include livestock or grow feed for the livestock industry. By integrating forages into the cropping system producers can take advantage of more markets and reduce market risk. Forages require less water to make a crop than grain crops, so the potential may exist to reduce fallow by including forages in the crop rotation. Reducing fallow through intensified grain/forage rotations may increase the profitability and sustainability compared to existing crop rotations.
This study was started in 2013, with crops grown in-phase …