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Ways a farmer conserves soil

Updated: 9/17/2023
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Contour farming, terracing, waterway diversion, strip farming, crop rotation, wind breaks, game breaks, cane breaks. pond construction, shallow disking versus deep furrow plowing all of which help avoid the dust bowl disasters.

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