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The experimental layout was a split split-block where whole plot treatments (phase of the rotation and year) had a Latin square design and sub plot treatments accommodated 4 replications each split in the N_S direction into levels of tillage (NT, no-till vs. Till, chisel till) and further split into sub-subplot treatments of CC rotations (R) arranged in the W-E direction across tillage treatments. Crop yields, CC stand counts in late fall, and spring biomass samples were taken from actively growing CCs each year. Studied soil attributes included bulk density (BD), water aggregate stability (WAS), and penetration resistance (PR), as well as chemical properties of soil organic matter (SOM), total carbon stocks (TCs), pH, plant available nitrogen (TIN, NO3-N and NH4-N), available phosphorus (P), and exchangeable potassium (K). 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The experimental layout was a split split-block where whole plot treatments (phase of the rotation and year) had a Latin square design and sub plot treatments accommodated 4 replications each split in the N_S direction into levels of tillage (NT, no-till vs. Till, chisel till) and further split into sub-subplot treatments of CC rotations (R) arranged in the W-E direction across tillage treatments. Crop yields, CC stand counts in late fall, and spring biomass samples were taken from actively growing CCs each year. Studied soil attributes included bulk density (BD), water aggregate stability (WAS), and penetration resistance (PR), as well as chemical properties of soil organic matter (SOM), total carbon stocks (TCs), pH, plant available nitrogen (TIN, NO3-N and NH4-N), available phosphorus (P), and exchangeable potassium (K). 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