Field Crops

If you grow field crops such as grain, corn and legumes, you may want to learn how you can successfully adopt sustainable farming methods or organic production strategies for these crops. This series of publications discusses some of the soil and weed management options and tilling and planting methods that can make traditional field crop production more sustainable and economically viable. Consult these resources for specific information on production of familiar commodity crops, as well as introductions to new alternative crops.

Field Crops

ATTRA Publications

NOTE: Some of the following documents are available as Adobe Acrobat PDFs. Download Acrobat Reader.

Other Agronomic Topics

ATTRA Publications

Links to Other Agronomic Topic Information

Wisconsin Integrated Cropping Systems Trial (WICST) Project
Conservation Technology Information Center
The Rodale Institute Farming Systems Trial

Last Updated November 29, 2008

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