Strip farming

Under Strip Farming (English strip cropping or strip farming ) is meant to reduce the erosion by water and wind, the sequence of narrow, developed and undeveloped field strip with the target.

Particularly in the Great Plains, where soil and wind erosion to erosion of the fertile soil surface result, this method is very common. It is applied if the slope is too steep for too long a line runs or other cultivation methods, soil erosion or wind erosion can not be prevented.

Before sowing strips are at the strip cultivation plowed at right angles to the slope course (English contour farming ), or in flat fields in regions such as the Great Plains, where stronger winds, contrary to the prevailing wind direction to prevent soil and wind erosion.

When you strip cultivation cultivation is not carried out in large-scale monocultures, but change strip of densely seeded crops such as hay, wheat or other small seeds with strips of cultivated crops in series such as corn, soybeans, cotton and sugar beet from.

To prevent soil erosion, to after harvesting of the crop area where remains of cultivated plants remain as protection.

Disadvantages of the method of cultivation

The implementation of plowing, harvesting and Einsäens is considerably time-consuming and labor-intensive than large-scale monocultures, which can be edited in one piece.

The harvest dates are different, so that only parts of the acreage can be harvested.

When plowing the slope course must be taken so that the grooves do not run straight but wavy normal to the slope, making a slower pace of work required.

Many farmers who have done strip cultivation due to heavy erosion and soil degradation, were not ready on time to use this method because they have the effort appeared too high.