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Crop Rotations at the MZTRA Farm:

Year	Annual Rotation	Livestock Rotation
1	Canola	Canola/Alfalfa
2	Cereal	Alfalfa
3	Peas	Alfalfa
4	Canola	Alfalfa/Winter Wheat
5	Winter Wheat	Winter Wheat
6	Flax	Flax

Year	101	102	103	104	201	202	203	204
2001	Canola	Canola	Canola	Canola	Canola	Canola	Canola	Canola
2002 / 2008	RSW	wwheat	wwheat	Forage	RSW	wwheat	wwheat	Forage
2003	Peas	Flax	Flax	Forage	Peas	Flax	Flax	Forage
2004	Canola	Canola	Canola / forage	Forage/ wwheat	Canola	Canola	Canola / forage	Forage/wwheat
2005	wwheat	Cereal	Forage	wwheat	wwheat	Cereal	Forage	wwheat
2006	Flax	Peas	Forage	Flax	Flax	Peas	Forage	Peas
2007	Canola	Canola	Forage/ wwheat	Canola / forage	Canola	Canola	Forage/wwheat	Canola / forage
2008 / 2002	Cereal	wwheat	wwheat	Forage	Cereal	wwheat	wwheat	Forage

Green indicates annual rotation
Note: Cereals are interchangeable
2001 was baseline a year (whole farm sown to canola) and is excluded from the rotation.
100 and 200 fields are replicates and are to be managed the same every year
Both annual and livestock rotations have a “staggered start” in order to have more comparison crops throughout the rotation.
Comparison crops: 02-wwheat; 03-flax; 04-canola; 05-wwheat; 06-flax; 07-canola

FARM PROTOCOL

OBJECTIVES OF CROP ROTATION

CROP ROTATIONS

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