Crop Rotation

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-006957",
  "term": "Crop Rotation",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. A system of farming in which a regular succession of different crops are planted on the same land area, as opposed to growing the same crop time after time (monoculture).\n\n2. Planting a succession of different crops on the same land as opposed to planting the same crop time after time.\n\n3. Planting the same field or areas of fields with different crops from year to year to reduce depletion of soil nutrients. A plant such as corn, tobacco, or cotton, which removes large amounts of nitrogen from the soil, is planted one year. The next year a legume such as soybeans, which add nitrogen to the soil, is planted.",
  "subject": "Climate change",
  "references": [
    "Drinking Water Technical & Legal Terms",
    "Terms of Environment; Federal Remediation Technologies Roundtable Glossary",
    "Greenhouse Gas Emissions"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/crop-rotation/"
}