Definition of Double cropping

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Double cropping

The term 'Double cropping ' as it applies to the area of agriculture can be defined as ' The practice of consecutively producing two crops of either like or unlike commodities on the same land within the same year. An example of double cropping might be to harvest a wheat crop by early summer and then plant corn or soybeans on that acreage for harvest in the fall. This practice is only possible in regions with long growing seasons'.

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