In Arkansas, a water fallow is sometimes used. They maintain 2-4 feet of water and grow fish in it for two years. Excessive accumulation of ammonium Nitrate Recommend corn or sorghum to precede rice to utilize N 6. In better drained soils in California, safflower, grain sorghum, wheat, and barley may be grown in rotation with rice. Rice lands in the Delta well suited to cotton, soybeans, corn, oats, lespedeza, and winter legumes.
Rice follows winter legume or lespedeza for green manure.
Usually 2-5 year rotation Rice Growing in Orient 1. A large part of the rice crop is grown by transplanting. Transplanting, weeding, harvesting, and fertilization are all done by hand. The seed is sown in beds while the fields are still occupied by other crops. There is no advantage to this method if the weeds are controlled to the same degree.