Abstract
In 2023, UVM Extension’s Northwest Crops & Soils Program continued a multi-year trial at Borderview Research Farm in Alburgh, VT to assess the impact of corn cropping systems on overall health and productivity of the crop and soil. Management choices involving crop rotation, tillage, nutrient management, and cover crops also make differences in the long term. Yields are important and they affect the bottom line immediately and obviously. Growing corn with practices that enhance soil quality and crop yields improves farm resiliency to both economics and the environment. This project evaluated yield and soil health effects of six different corn rotations: continuous corn, no-till, no-till with cover crop, corn planted in a rotation with perennial forage, corn planted after a cover crop of winter rye, and a perennial forage fescue planted after continue corn.
Publication Date
2-2024
Recommended Citation
Darby, Heather and Ruhl, Lindsey, "Corn Cropping Systems to Improve Economic and Environmental Health" (2024). Northwest Crops & Soils Program. 538.
https://scholarworks.uvm.edu/nwcsp/538