Organic and Other Management Strategies with Two- and Four-Year Crop Rotations in Minnesota
Paul M. Porter*,a,
Dave R. Hugginsb,
Catherine A. Perilloc,
Steven R. Quiringd and
R. Kent Crookstone
a Dep. of Agron. and Plant Genet., 1991 Buford Circle, Univ. of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN 55108-6026
b USDA-ARS, 233 Johnson Hall, Pullman, WA 99164-6421
c Dep. of Crop and Soil Sci., Washington State Univ., Pullman, WA 99164-6420
d Southwest Res. and Outreach Cent., Lamberton, MN 56152
e College of Biol. and Agric., Brigham Young Univ., 301 WIDB, PO Box 25250, Provo, UT 84602-5250

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Fig. 1. Corn grain yields in the V1 and V2 trials involving two rotation lengths (2 or 4 yr) and four management strategies [zero inputs (ZI), low purchased inputs (LI), high purchased inputs (HI), and organic inputs (OI)] at Lamberton, MN.
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Fig. 2. Soybean grain yields in the V1 and V2 trials involving two rotation lengths (2 or 4 yr) and four management strategies [zero inputs (ZI), low purchased inputs (LI), high purchased inputs (HI), and organic inputs (OI)] at Lamberton, MN.
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Fig. 3. Oat grain yields in the V1 and V2 trials involving two rotation lengths (2 or 4 yr) and four management strategies [zero inputs (ZI), low purchased inputs (LI), high purchased inputs (HI), and organic inputs (OI)] at Lamberton, MN.
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Fig. 4. Alfalfa forage yields in the V1 and V2 trials involving two rotation lengths (2 or 4 yr) and four management strategies [zero inputs (ZI), low purchased inputs (LI), high purchased inputs (HI), and organic inputs (OI)] at Lamberton, MN.
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