Abstract

A limited irrigation study involving four cropping systems and evaluating four crop rotations was initiated at the Southwest Research-Extension Center near Tribune, KS, in 2012. The cropping systems were two annual systems (continuous corn and continuous grain sorghum) and two 2-year systems (corn-grain sorghum and corn-winter wheat). In 2020, corn yields were similar for all rotations, although averaged across the past 8 years, corn yields were greater following wheat than following corn. There were no significant differences in grain sorghum yields in 2020, which was similar to the multi-year average. Wheat yields were below the multi-year average.

Keywords: Corn, grain sorghum, winter wheat, deficit irrigation, irrigated crop rotations

How to Cite:

Schlegel, A. & Bond, D., (2021) “Alternative Cropping Systems with Limited Irrigation”, Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports 7(7). doi: https://doi.org/10.4148/2378-5977.8107