Cross Wind Strip Cropping

John Tatarko, USDA Author

04/09/2019 Added

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This video explains how strip cropping can reduce wind erosive energy and traps moving particles. Produced by the Educational Communications Center, Bob Dole Hall, KSU. Editor: Cindy Jeffrey Prog. RT: 35:05

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[00:00:00.960]Growing crops in strips arranged perpendicular to the prevailing wind erosion direction.
[00:00:07.000]Strips susceptible to wind erosion alternate with strips having a cover resistant to wind
[00:00:11.600]erosion.
[00:00:13.320]This practice reduces the downwind avalanche effect by limiting the distance particles
[00:00:18.140]can travel before being trapped.
[00:00:20.940]As prevailing wind direction deviates from the perpendicular, correspondingly narrower
[00:00:25.360]strips are required.
[00:00:27.680]When designing strip cropping systems, soil aggregation, machinery size, exposure to knolls, residue management, and windbreaks must all be considered, in addition to the prevailing wind erosion direction.
[00:00:40.180]On extremely erodible soils where very narrow strips are required, consideration should be given to permanent vegetation, such as grass or grass-legume mixtures.
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