Most farmers here grow wheat or barley, and lentils and other legumes - which restore nitrogen to the soil - are a perfect rotation crop.
It may be used as a rotation crop for wheat and other cereals, to increase the health of the soil.
Many corn farmers can switch because they normally use the soil-enriching beans as a rotation crop.
I think it was a rotation crop.
Dry peas are an important rotation crop in the Palouse region, along with lentils and garbanzo beans.
In at least 10 states, farmers also want to assess its value as a rotation crop that is pest- and disease-resistant.
Soybeans are also commonly sown in the Corn Belt as a rotation crop in order to replenish the soil.
They soon discovered that crawfish was an ideal rotation crop for those who grew rice.
Another rotation crop is maize.
The rotation crops and length of rotation would have to be studied in relation to HLB.