The Soils of The Regional Municipality of Ottawa=Carleton

Table 17 . continued
Crop Rotation Management before Crop CValve
* Thesame management before crop is assumedfor both corn andgrainfor this andsucceeding examples.
No. of Crop Years
in Rotation
1 Corn -Soybeans
a) Grain corn Fallmoldboard plow (before soybeans) 0.45 2
Fall chisel/disk (before soybeans) 0 .42 2
b) Silage corn Fall moldboard plow (before soybeans) 0.48 2
2 Corn- Winter Wheat
a) Graincorn Fall moldboard plow 0.32 2
Fall chisel/disk 0.30 2
b) Silage corn Fall moldboard plow 0.39 2
3 Corn-Canola
a) Grain corn 0 .41 2
b) Silage corn 0.47 2
4 Corn- Peas
a) Grain corn 0.41 2
b) Silage corn 0.50 2
5 Corn-Corn- Corn -Grain
- Red Clover-Red Clover
a) Grain corn
Direct seeded Red Clover Fall moldboardplow (before grain)* 0.26 6
Fall chisel (before grain) 0.25 6
RedClover Inter or Fall moldboardplow 0.22 6
Underseeded in Grain (before grain)
Fall chisel (before grain) 0.20 6
b) Silage corn
Direct seeded Red Clover Fall moldboard plow (before grain) 0.32 6
Fall chisel (before grain) 0.30 6
Red Clover Underseeded Fall moldboard plow 0.27 6
in Grain (before grain)
Fall chisel (before grain) 0.25 6
6 Corn-Corn-Corn-Grain
-Alfalfa-Alfalfa-Alfalfa
- (Alfalfa)
a) Grain corn
Direct seeded Alfalfa Fall moldboardplow 0.23 7
(3 year Alfalfa) (before grain)
Fall chisel (before grain) 0.21 7
Inter or UnderseededAlfalfa Fall moldboardplow (before grain) 0.19 7
(3 year Alfalfa) Fall chisel (before grain) 0.17 7
Direct seeded Fall moldboard plow 0.20 8
(4 year Alfalfa) (before grain)
Fall chisel (before grain) 0.19 8
Inter or Underseeded Alfalfa Fall moldboard plow (before grain) 0.17 8
(4 year Alfalfa) Fall chisel (before grain) 0.15 8
b) Silage corn
Direct seeded (3 year) Fallmoldboard plow (before grain) 0.28 7
Fall chisel (before grain) 0.26 7
Inter or Underseeded (3 year) Fall moldboard plow (before grain) 0.23 7
Fall chisel (before grain) 0.22 7
Direct seeded (4 year) Fall moldboard plow (before grain) 0.25 8
Fall chisel (before grain) 0.23 8
Inter or Underseeded (4 year) Fallmoldboard plow (before grain) 0.21 8
Fall chisel (before grain) 0.20 8