Planting flexibility: Implications for agricultural sustainability

Abstract

There is a general belief that federal commodity programs restrict adoption of more sustainable production systems.

Tillage and Crop Rotation Phase Effects on Soil Physical Properties in the West‐Central Great Plains

“…This shift to systems more intensive than WF has been doable primarily because of developments in herbicides, improvements in field equipment, and increased flexibility in crop selection in government programs. Planting flexibility is necessary for the implementation of more crop‐intensive, sustainable production systems (Setia et al, 1997).…”