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once when time or weather might interrupt us. Most of our soils are easily eroded but the strips have really reduced our erosion problems and we’ve maintained high levels of productivity at the same time. And since we began no-tilling in the strips we don’t see any erosion or gullies even on our steepest fields. We’re firm believers in stripcropping and we wouldn’t do without it.”
Soil Conservation Service personnel have noticed increased interest in stripcropping. Some farmers are trying it for the first time while others are returning after trying other planting methods. This increased interest is due in part to the use of field stripcropping. The use of field strips differs from the convenContinued
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