MSU Extension: Pulse grains in wheat rotations can increase profits for farmers

From the MSU News Service

An analysis by Montana State University researchers has shown that replacing summer fallow with a pulse grain crop, even in dry regions, can increase profits for farmers.

Farmers in regions with low precipitation, such as Montana’s Golden Triangle, know there is an economic risk to continuous small grains cropping, according to Perry Miller, professor of sustainable cropping systems in MSU’s Department of Land Resources and Environmental Sciences.

However, leaving fields fallow in summer is not ideal for soil health and generates no revenue, he said. So, alternatives...