CSU researchers awarded $1M to study crop rotation strategies for dry climates

FORT COLLINS  — A team of Colorado State University researchers has received a $1 million grant from the Natural Resources Conservation Service to study how crop rotations and management can improve soils through the retention of carbon and water in drier growing regions of the Great Plains.

The NRCS is an agency of the United States Department of Agriculture that works with landowners to help them conserve and improve their natural resources.

Diversifying crop rotations and using cover crops has helped maintain yields and reduce environmental impacts in other parts of the United States by helping to improve soil quality. The CSU…