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How to Rotate Crops

That’s a key question for many farmers, and new research may make it easier to develop growing season plans.

This image originally appeared in the NASA Earth Observatory story How to Rotate Crops.

NASA Earth Observatory image by Michala Garrison, using Cropland data from USDA NASS and Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey. Story by Adam Voiland.

Published July 28, 2025
Data acquired 2018 - 2019

Sources:: Landsat 8 > OLI; Landsat 9 > OLI-2

Collection:: Science in Action