On its six hundred acres, Les Cultures de chez nous also grows corn, soy and grains (wheat, barley, oat). The
main goal for crop diversification is to allow crop
rotation, which guarantees a more ecological production. If the
same variety grows for several years in a row in the same soil, it
is more likely to develop all kinds of contamination. Crop
rotation helps prevent phytosanitary
or root diseases and breaks the weed vegetative cycle.
Thus,
crop diversification considerably helps reduce pesticide
treatments. The crop rotation evolves in
the following manner: corn is sowed for two years, soy or cereal
crop is sowed the following year and finally the leek is sowed
again providing that the type of soil is appropriate.