Facilitating crop–livestock reintegration in the Northern Great Plains

S Kumar, H Sieverding, L Lai, N Thandiwe… - Agronomy …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Integrated crop–livestock systems (ICLSs) can help increase food production while
benefiting soils and the environment. This review summarizes recent impacts of ICLSs on …

A critical assessment of conservation agriculture among smallholders in the Mediterranean region: adoption pathways inspired by agroecological principles

H Cicek, E Topp, T Plieninger… - Agronomy for …, 2023 - Springer
Conservation agriculture (CA) is the key agricultural soil management approach for
Mediterranean rainfed systems facing extreme droughts and soil degradation. Yet, CA …

Commercial integrated crop-livestock systems achieve comparable crop yields to specialized production systems: A meta-analysis

CA Peterson, L Deiss, ACM Gaudin - PLoS One, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Production systems that feature temporal and spatial integration of crop and livestock
enterprises, also known as integrated crop-livestock systems (ICLS), have the potential to …

Green manure and maize intercropping with reduced chemical N enhances productivity and carbon mitigation of farmland in arid areas

H Li, Z Fan, Q Wang, G Wang, W Yin, C Zhao… - European Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Keeping high productivity and low soil carbon emission (CE) while reducing chemical
fertilizer is a significant challenge for crop production in developing modern agriculture. A …

[HTML][HTML] Demonstrating short-term impacts of grazing and cover crops on soil health and economic benefits in an integrated crop-livestock system in South Dakota

C Tobin, S Singh, S Kumar, T Wang, P Sexton - Open Journal of Soil …, 2020 - scirp.org
Integrated crop-livestock system (ICLS) is an alternative that can help in intensifying food
production while benefiting the environment. However, the assessments of the impacts of …

Redesigning Canadian prairie cropping systems for profitability, sustainability, and resilience

JRT Martens, MH Entz… - Canadian Journal of Plant …, 2015 - cdnsciencepub.com
Thiessen Martens, JR, Entz, MH and Wonneck, MD 2015. Review: Redesigning Canadian
prairie cropping systems for profitability, sustainability, and resilience. Can. J. Plant Sci. 95 …

Kernza intermediate wheatgrass (Thinopyrum intermedium) grain production as influenced by legume intercropping and residue management

C Dick, D Cattani, MH Entz - Canadian Journal of Plant Science, 2018 - cdnsciencepub.com
Intermediate wheatgrass yielded 519 and 446 kg seed ha− 1 in years one and two after
establishment. Autumn grazing increased seed yield compared with post-harvest residue …

Integrated crop–livestock systems in lowlands increase the availability of nutrients to irrigated rice

FS Carlos, LG de Oliveira Denardin… - Land Degradation & …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Integrated crop–livestock systems (ICLS) associated with crop rotation and soil conservation
management cause numerous changes in nutrient fluxes and soil biochemical dynamics. In …

Late-season catch crops reduce nitrate leaching risk after grazed green manures but release N slower than wheat demand

H Cicek, JRT Martens, KC Bamford, MH Entz - Agriculture, ecosystems & …, 2015 - Elsevier
Late season catch crops could be an effective tool to conserve highly available N after
grazing of green manures. An experiment was established to investigate the productivity and …

Future perspective in organic farming fertilization: Management and product

JD Flores-Félix, E Menéndez, R Rivas… - Organic farming, 2019 - Elsevier
The concept of “organic farming” is based on a holistic view of farming systems, in which
components are completely integrated into the system, such as the soil and its microbiota …