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Benefits of Reduced Tillage and Cereal Rye in a Diverse Crop Rotation of Corn-Soybean Wheat/Double Crop Soybean

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Adding winter wheat and double crop soybean to a corn and soybean rotation with a cereal rye cover crop before soybean provides a multitude of benefits. Lowell Gentry, research agronomist and retired University of Illinois principal research specialist, shares research from Piatt County, Illinois, that demonstrates the advantages of diversifying the typical corn and soybean rotation. This is the fifth video in a five-part series that shares research findings on how to reduce nitrate loss from agricultural fields in Illinois. 

This research was funded in part by the Illinois Nutrient Research and Education Council and conducted in collaboration with the Illinois Fertilizer and Chemical Association.

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