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Resource-Conserving Crop Rotation

A supplemental payment may be available for participants who agree to adopt a new resource-conserving crop rotation. The local NRCS conservationist will help you identify an eligible rotation appropriate for your location and operation.

A resource-conserving crop rotation is a rotation that:

  • Includes at least one resource-conserving crop as determined by the State Conservationist;
  • Reduces erosion;
  • Improves soil fertility and tilth;
  • Interrupts pest cycles; and
  • Reduces depletion of soil moisture or otherwise reduces the need for irrigation in applicable areas.

A resource-conserving crop is one of the following:

  • A perennial grass, legume, or grass/legume grown for use as forage, seed for planting, or green manure;
  • A high residue producing crop; or
  • A cover crop following an annual crop.

Following is a list of resource-conserving crops in Kansas. Refer to CSP Enhancement Activity job sheet CCR99 and Kansas Supplement KS-CCR99 located under Soil Quality Enhancements for additional information and requirements.

Perennial grass, legume, or grass/legume grown for use as forage, seed for planting, or green manure
  • Bird's-foot trefoil
  • White clover
  • Kura clover
  • Alfalfa
  • Red clover
  • Orchardgrass
  • Perennial ryegrass
  • Redtop
  • Smooth brome
  • Tall fescue
  • Timothy
  • Pubescent/intermediate wheatgrass
  • Bermudagrass
  • Canada wildrye
  • Virginia wildrye
  • Big bluestem
  • Eastern gamagrass
  • Indiangrass
  • Little bluestem
  • Side oats grama
  • Switchgrass
  • Buffalograss
High residue producing crop
  • Barley
  • Corn
  • Millet
  • Oats
  • Popcorn
  • Rice
  • Rye
  • Sorghum
  • Sorghum-sudangrass hybrids
  • Triticale
  • Wheat
Cover crop following an annual crop
  • Barley
  • Oats
  • Rye
  • Sorghum-sudangrass hybrids
  • Triticale
  • Wheat
  • Mustards
  • Annual ryegrass
  • Buckwheat
  • Cowpeas
  • Crimson clover
  • Hairy vetch
  • Alsike clover
  • Red clover
  • White clover
  • Sweetclovers
  • Subterranean clover
  • Woollypod
  • Forage radish
  • Sunn hemp
  • Lespedeza
  • Austrian winter pea
  • Chick peas
  • Mung bean
  • Oil seed radish
  • Lentils
  • Ethiopian cabbage
  • Dwarf essex rape
  • Canola
  • Pearl millet
  • Sunflower
  • Soybean

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Last Modified: 09/08/2009