Strip farming, also called strip cropping, is an agricultural technique of cultivating a field partitioned into long, narrow strips which are alternated in a crop rotation system, used to address soil erosion on steep slopes. The approach alternates closely sown crops, including hay, wheat and forages that function as protective ground cover, with row crops such as corn, soybeans, cotton and sugar beets; while some systems keep permanent vegetation in heavily eroded areas, most operations rotate all the strips annually.
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Practice ClassLand shaping and erosion control 1 OriginRooted in the medieval open-field system of strip cultivation; used today in the Midwestern United States, the Great Plains and the Canadian Prairies for erosion control. 1 Connections
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Strip cropping is a method of farming which involves cultivating a field partitioned into long, narrow strips which are alternated in a crop rotation system.
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