Effect of a Long-Term Integrated Multi-Crop Rotation and Cattle Grazing on No-Till Hard Red Spring Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) Production, Soil Health, and Economics

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dc.contributor.authorSenturklu, Songul
dc.contributor.authorLandblom, Douglas
dc.contributor.authorCihacek, Larry J.
dc.date.accessioned2026-02-03T12:00:02Z
dc.date.available2026-02-03T12:00:02Z
dc.date.issued2025
dc.departmentÇanakkale Onsekiz Mart Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractIntegrated crop grazing systems can improve farm profitability due to enterprise complementarity. Utilizing the supply of N from legumes, livestock manure, and plant residues will result in improving grain yield and quality. A long-term 12-year integrated systems study evaluated continuous spring wheat (HRSW-CTRL) with spring wheat (HRSW-ROT) grown in a five-crop rotation: (1) spring wheat, (2) seven-species cover crop, (3) forage corn, (4) field pea/forage barley mix, and (5) sunflower. Yearling beef cattle steers grazed the field pea/forage barley mix, unharvested corn, and a seven-species cover crop. Spring wheat was marketed as a cash crop. Contrary to expectations, HRSW-ROT did not significantly increase grain yield or improve quality over HRSW-CTRL. Improved soil fertility was observed in the HRSW-ROT plots throughout the study relative to SOM, N, P, and K. However, the rotation with grazing management significantly reduced input costs but resulted in negligible gross and net returns over the 12-year period. Year-to-year weather variability was the cause of the differences between the two production management methods.
dc.description.sponsorshipUSDA/NIFA/AFRI A1601-Small and Medium Sized Farms [2021-69006-33883 (CFDA No. 10.310)]
dc.description.sponsorshipNorth Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station, Sustainable Agricultural Research and Education Grants, USDA/NIFA/SARE LNC11-335 [2011-38640-30539, 2016-38640-25381 (CFDA No. 10.215)]
dc.description.sponsorshipNDSU Hatch Project [FARG008572]
dc.description.sponsorshipDue to the long-term nature of the research, the research was funded by multiple sources: Annually by the North Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station, Sustainable Agricultural Research and Education Grants, USDA/NIFA/SARE LNC11-335 Award No. 2011-38640-30539 and LNC16-381 Award No. 2016-38640-25381 (CFDA No. 10.215), USDA/NIFA/AFRI A1601-Small and Medium Sized Farms Award No. 2021-69006-33883 (CFDA No. 10.310). The research was also partially supported by NDSU Hatch Project No. FARG008572 contributing to Multistate Research Project NC-1178 (Land Use and Management Practices Impacts on Soil Carbon and Related Agroecosystems Services) of the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture.
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/agriculture16010073
dc.identifier.issn2077-0472
dc.identifier.issue1
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-105027245421
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ1
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture16010073
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12428/34492
dc.identifier.volume16
dc.identifier.wosWOS:001657143100001
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ1
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherMdpi
dc.relation.ispartofAgriculture-Basel
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.snmzKA_WOS_20260130
dc.subjectannual forage grazing
dc.subjectbeef cattle
dc.subjectdiverse semi-arid environment
dc.subjectmulti-crop rotation
dc.subjectprecipitation
dc.subjectspring wheat
dc.subjectsoil health
dc.titleEffect of a Long-Term Integrated Multi-Crop Rotation and Cattle Grazing on No-Till Hard Red Spring Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) Production, Soil Health, and Economics
dc.typeArticle

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