Soil Conservation Methods

What is the difference between contour plowing and conservation plowing

• Contour plowing saves energy, while conservation plowing reduces waste

• Contour plowing reduces waste, while Conservation plowing saves energy.

• There is no difference, they both do the same thing.

• They have different names, therefore they are different

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What is terracing? What does terracing do?

• Terracing is used for protection of other crops from weather.

• A terrace is a piece of sloped plane that has been cut into a series of successively receding flat surfaces or platforms,

• Terracing does nothing to help, and is only for land covered in mountains.

• Terraces reduce both the amount and velocity of water moving across the soil surface, which greatly reduces soil erosion.

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What is crop rotation? Why is it used?

• Crop rotation is the practice of growing a series of dissimilar or different types of crops in the same area in sequenced seasons.

• It can diversify farm income, improve crop production and provide protection and conservation benefits to crops.

• Crop rotation planting rows of trees at wide spacings with a companion crop grown in the alleyways between the rows.

• Crop rotation is done so that the soil of farms is not used for only one set of nutrients.

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What is wind-breaking?

• Windbreakers are crops grown for the protection and enrichment of the soil.

• Wind breaking is a method of planting and planting and harvesting where stalks and other residue from the previous year are left on the ground into the next season.

• Windbreaks are linear planting of trees and shrubs designed to enhance crop production, protect people and livestock, and benefit soil and water conservation.

• Wind breaking is planting rows of trees at wide spacings with a companion crop grown in the alleyways between the rows.

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What is conservation plowing?

• Conservation Plowing is a method of planting and planting and harvesting where stalks and other residue from the previous year are left on the ground into the next season.

• Conservation plowing is plowing along the contours of the land in order to minimize soil erosion.

• Conservation plowing is the practice of growing a series of dissimilar or different types of crops in the same area in sequenced seasons.

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