How can farmers conserve soil and water?
Farmers can conserve soil and prevent (or minimize) the pollution of water through a number of measures. I’ll get to water conservation a little later. Measures to combat soil erosion specifically include: Zero-till farming, shelterbelts (also referred to as wind-breaks), green cover crops such as alfalfa or other legumes, terraces, riparian buffers, strip-cropping and tile-drainage (among others). If you type any of these into a search engine or in wikipedia, you’ll find lots of information. Try the following sites: http://www.agr.gc.ca/pfra/land/intro_e.h… http://www.gnb.ca/0173/30/0173300002-e.a… http://www.agr.gc.ca/pfra/soil/swork1.ht… http://www.ars.usda.gov/main/site_main.h…
