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multiple cropping
(redirected from Double-cropping)

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multiple cropping [′məl·tə·pəl ′kräp·iŋ]
(agriculture)
A system of growing several food crops on the same field in one year.
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Over-cultivation of [genetically modified] soy and double-cropping has led to serious soil erosion in Argentina in the past," says Miguel Rivas, a third-generation Argentine corn farmer.
Greener pastures by Prendergast, Muireann / Latin Trade
A second new protein production model, which also relies on ruminants, is one that has evolved in China, principally in the four eastern central provinces of Hebei, Shangdong, Henan, and Anhui--where double-cropping of winter wheat and corn is common.
Boom times for protein by Brown, Lester R. / USA Today (Magazine)
Ghost acres refers to a second crop following a first crop that was not harvested because of prevented planting or failed conditions because of damaging weather or related conditions, where the second crop is not normally planted in a double-cropping situation in the area after the first crop is harvested.
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