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how does contour plowing help conserve topsoil
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How does contour plowing help preserve topsoil?
how does contour plowing help conserve topsoil
What are some techniques that farmers use to conserve soil?
Contour plowing and strip cropping Contour plowing helps prevent loss of topsoil while strip cropping helps preserve soil butrients......:-)
How do you prevent the loss of topsoil?
contour plowing
Why is contour plowing helpful to farmers?
Contour plowing greatly cuts down on erosion of the topsoil, the farmers lifeblood.
What are two types of plowing?
Contour plowing and conservation plowing
What type of plowing helps to retain soil?
It's called "contour plowing", plowing in arcs and curves, avoiding endless long, straight lines of plowed field, in an attempt to cut down on the amount of dry topsoil the wind blows away. It is moderately effective, but when combined with the "no til" approach to farming, it goes a long way toward preserving topsoil.
What type of plowing can be done to prevent erosion?
conservation plowing
What are the methods of strip cropping and contour plowing?
Strip cropping and Contour plowing are the methods of Conserving soil.
Is Contour plowing also known as no-till plowing?
NOT AT ALL. no-till plowing is when you leave it unturned. contour is when you plow it in the shape of the land. "No-till plowing" is an oxymoron, since any form of plowing is a form of tillage.
What farming method is plowing around a hill and not on it?
Contour plowing/farming
What is conservation plowing?
a technique where farmers plow with the curve of the land insted of in straight lines It is also called Contour plowing its when you plow on a curve of a hill to prevent runoff Conservation plowing, or contour farming, is is the farming practice of plowing across a slope, following its elevation contour lines.
Difference between contour plowing and crop rotation?
Contour plowing is plowing along the curves of a slopeand crop rotation is when a farmer plants different crops in a field each year........
