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BY KENNER LOVE
Rappahannock News Contributing Writer
An enormous amount of erosion occurs on unprotected cropland annually, thus transporting tons of sediment and nutrients into the state’s streams, rivers and eventually the Chesapeake Bay.
Because of the ever-increasing concerns for water quality and the importance of saving our soil, local fanners are realizing the need for better conservation practices. They not only improve water quality, but also protect one of our most important and vital natural resources, our soil.
Cliff Latham, a Rappahannock County farmer and Chairman of the Culpeper Soil and Water Conservation District, has recently installed stripcropping as a conservation practice on his farm near Amissville.
Stripcropping systems are strips or bands of row crops such as com or soybeans alternating with a closegrowing crop such as grass, alfalfa, or small grains. These strips are installed in widths to fit each particular field and each farmer’s needs.
Mr. Latham is looking forward to the advantages this practice has to
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