Crop rotation for annual vegetables can reduce disease and pest pressure, improve soil health and boost overall crop production.

Crop rotation is a planned sequence of different crop types, such as spring-seeded cereals, fallseeded cereals, oilseeds, pulses, perennial legumes and other perennial species. Rotations also include ...

Columnist Chuck Martin says that his job as a horticulturist is understanding nature and fighting its tendencies.