Crop-rotate

Quick meaning: Crop-rotate is a verb meaning (agriculture) To practice crop rotation in growing (a particular crop).

Meaning

(agriculture) To practice crop rotation in growing (a particular crop).

Example Sentences

Currently, cotton is crop rotated with winter wheat in Uzbekistan after cotton is harvested. This is an advantage in diversification for soil health and food security.

Sugar beet needs a lot of (petrochemical) weed killers, has to be crop-rotated (so the processors are four times as far apart, which means longer shipping routes), and the processors and evaporators are energy hogs.

Word Forms

• crop-rotates
• crop-rotating
• crop-rotated

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