Cropping System and Rotational Grazing Effects on Soil Fertility and Enzymatic Activity in an Integrated Organic Crop-Livestock System
January 1, 2020
18 pages
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The aim of this study was to evaluate the interacting effects of cropping systems with and without cattle grazing in rotation with corn or soybean on the balance and dynamics of soil fertility and enzyme activity. This study was conducted as a system experiment between 2015 and 2019 in Minnesota and Pennsylvania, USA. The results of this study suggested that rotational grazing can increase soil quality and microbial decomposition under the pasture-wheat/vetch-corn-pasture cropping system, and that this result was greater than under the pasture-rye-soybean-pasture cropping system, leading to a faster nutrient cycling.
Organization:
Agronomy
Authors:
Dr. Fernando Shintate Galindo, Dr. Kathleen Delate, Dr. Bradley Heins, Hannah Phillips, Dr. Andrew Smith, Dr. Paulo Humberto Pagliari
Categories & Tags
- Field Crops, Livestock
- Journal Article
- Midwest, Northeast, Upper Midwest
- Production/Agronomy, Soil Health & Nutrient Management