Sentences with phrase «annual field crops»

Unsurprisingly, the French - Brazilian research team shows that replacing the forest with annual field crops like maize and soya leads to an average 8.5 % drop in the soil's carbon stocks.

Not exact matches

It's where the name The Perennial comes from: A farm field comprised only of annual crops may see crumbly, weak soil from shallow root systems.

There are several strategies for implementing perenniation, Glover said, including the use of evergreen agriculture: planting perennial trees within a field of annual crops.

At the same time agriculture has also moved increasingly toward systems dominated by a few annual crops — typically corn and soybeans — often with fields left bare between growing seasons.