Contour plowing or contour farming is the farming practice of plowing and/or planting across a slope following its elevation contour lines. These contour...

which reduces runoff. Contour plowing was practiced by the ancient Phoenicians for slopes between two and ten percent. Contour plowing can increase crop yields...

technique differs from traditional contour plowing in several important respects. Random contour plowing also becomes off-contour but usually with the opposite...

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of [erosion] by wind and water. For example, a technique known as contour plowing may be used to prevent soil erosion and conserve rainfall. Researchers...

and anti-erosion techniques, including crop rotation, strip farming, contour plowing, and terracing. In 1937, the federal government began an aggressive...

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Contour plowing in Pennsylvania in 1938. The rows formed slow surface water run-off during rainstorms to prevent soil erosion and allow the water time...

retain soil on their fields.: pp. 4-95–4-96  Common techniques include contour plowing, crop mulching, crop rotation, planting perennial crops and installing...

nutrient cycling increased. Rainwater harvesting in the Sahel Zaï Contour plowing Great Green Wall "Water Bunds Earth Smiles Justdiggit". "Semi-circular...

techniques that he promoted at Malabar were the use of green manures, contour plowing, “trash farming,” sheet composting and strip cropping. Malabar Farm...

and animal runoff.[citation needed] Many farmers in the region use contour plowing, strip cropping, and other agricultural practices to reduce soil erosion...

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the soils were improved by crop rotation, strip planting, terracing, contour plowing, and the use of improved fertilizers, insecticides, and seeds. After...

959 ft) grass runway. The (12/13/2010) image and later show the field contour plowed for crops. Chile portal Aviation portal Transport in Chile List of airports...

soil erosion from nearby farms prior to the widespread local use of contour plowing caused the lake bed to fill in, bringing about the end of Lake Como...

productivity of erosion by wind and water. For example, a technique called contour plowing may be used to prevent soil erosion and conserve rainfall. Researchers...

techniques that he promoted at Malabar were the use of green manures, contour plowing, “trash farming,” sheet composting and strip cropping. In 1941, Bromfield...

the semi-arid southern Great Plains region, such as terracing and contour plowing. His findings were mostly ignored until the prolonged drought of the...

runoff flows and retain soil on their fields. Common techniques include contour plowing, crop mulching, crop rotation, planting perennial crops, or installing...

the 1935 premiere issue, an untitled industrial image in 1936, and "Contour Plowing" in 1937. Organized in New York City, with T. J. Maloney as editor...

enterprise, using the best available equipment and modern practices (contour plowing and erosion control, crop rotation, newly available hybrid seed corn)...

centerline of the tracks, and contour the ballast to slope downwards away from the tracks perpendicularly. Like the plow blades, the ballast boxes can...

encourage the use of no-till farming, filter strips, reforestation, contour plowing, and sensitive timbering techniques in and around the Dragon Run.[citation...

covered contemporary soil conservation methods, such as cover cropping, contour plowing, and genetic improvements, but he criticized the limited discussion...

diffraction analysis to determine if plowing had an effect on the two. Measurements were made before plowing and after plowing for different intervals of time...

directional control, prompting the captain to initiate a ground loop to avoid plowing into buildings and parked aircraft. The seven people on board were not...

farmland in this area retains features established in the 1930s, including contour-plowed fields, terracing, and water runoff diversion ditches. The watershed...

laneways, etc. this is an improvement on the traditional windrow plowing, which uses an angled plow to move snow to the side. Snow pushers allow the snow to be...

wheels selectively to eliminate oversteer (fishtailing) and understeer (plowing), and reduces engine power, if necessary. ESP includes anti-lock braking...