Rotating alfalfa with dry bean as an alternative to corn-soybean rotations in organic systems in the Upper Midwest

Agriculture & Biology

• dry beans 82%
• alfalfa 58%
• soybeans 46%
• corn 39%
• beans 27%
• crops 8%
• black beans 7%
• red beans 7%
• crop-weed competition 7%
• kidney beans 6%
• cow manure 6%
• pig manure 6%
• spring wheat 5%
• Medicago sativa 5%
• Phaseolus vulgaris 5%
• cropping systems 5%
• animal manures 5%
• Glycine max 4%
• Triticum aestivum 4%
• Zea mays 4%
• weeds 4%
• wheat 3%
• biomass 3%
• nitrogen 3%

Medicine & Life Sciences

• Medicago sativa 100%
• Zea mays 78%
• Soybeans 78%
• Manure 30%
• Triticum 23%
• Phaseolus 19%
• Biomass 7%
• Nitrogen 6%
• Fertility 5%
• Food 4%