Editing Intensive farming (section)

====Crop rotation====
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[[File:Crops Kansas AST 20010624.jpg|thumb|upright=1.35|Satellite image of circular crop fields in [[Haskell County, Kansas]], in late June 2001. Healthy, growing crops of [[maize|corn]] and [[sorghum]] are green (sorghum may be slightly paler). [[Wheat]] is brilliant gold. Fields of brown have been recently harvested and plowed under or have lain in fallow for the year.]]

Crop rotation or crop sequencing is the practice of growing a series of dissimilar types of [[crops]] in the same space in sequential seasons for benefits such as avoiding pathogen and pest buildup that occurs when one species is continuously cropped. Crop rotation also seeks to balance the nutrient demands of various crops to avoid [[soil nutrient]] depletion. A traditional component of crop rotation is the replenishment of nitrogen through the use of legumes and [[green manure]] in sequence with cereals and other crops. Crop rotation can also improve [[soil structure]] and fertility by alternating deep-rooted and shallow-rooted plants. A related technique is to plant multi-species [[cover crops]] between commercial crops. This combines the advantages of intensive farming with continuous cover and [[polyculture]].