One crop production practice is used by all top-yielding producers and is the foundation of managing disease, weeds and insect problems, as well as fertility. What is the one practice important enough to have been mentioned in the Bible? Crop rotation. "The winners of the Georgia Peanut Achievement Club's top peanut yield awards have all had one thing in common — a long rotation," says John Beasley, University of Georgia's Extension peanut agronomist. "With very few exceptions, maybe one or two growers over 23 years, all winners have had a four-year rotation or longer."
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