Question

In Illinois, the two most common crops grown are corn and soybeans. Corn is a that depletes the soil of nitrogen. Soybeans are a crop that have symbiotic bacteria living on their roots. Do farmers use the information stated above when they plan out their crops from one year to the next?

Answer 1

Answer:

Farmers definitely use the information above to plan out their crops from one year to next.

Explanation:

Nitrogen is an essential nutrient required for healthy plant growth. Corn is an important food crop and after its cultivation the soil is depleted of its nitrogen. Cultivation of any crop on soils that lack nitrogen will not yield good result.  

Thus the nitrogen in the soil has to be replenished. Soybean is a crop that has symbiotic bacteria living on its roots. This bacteria help in fixing atmospheric nitrogen. Thus the nitrogen level will get replenished.  

Thus cultivating soybean on the land in the period between harvest and sowing of corn would be a healthy practice that increases yield and maintains soil health.