This equipment is capable of handling 600 acres per crop type. This is assuming we are farming in a mixed grass prairie ecosystem and on soils with moderate to good water holding capacity. This rotation is low in disease, weed, and insect pressure, due to two years between each crop type. In this rotation the variety of wheat harvested in 1997 was Karl 92. The corn in this rotation was planted slightly later than desired due to the wet weather, however, still performed very well.
Chickpeas use more water compared to field peas, canola, flax, and lentils.
The winter wheat variety planted in this rotation could have very little winter hardiness since it is planted into spring wheat stubble. The variety harvested in 1997 in this rotation was Jagger. This variety is not recommended to be planted north of Interstate 70 in Kansas with conventional tillage, due to its low winter hardiness. In 1997, this variety averaged 71 bushels per acre. In essence, we would need three dry years in a row to have a corn crop failure.