Agriculture
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1 day ago6 Ways Cover Crops Save You Money
Cover crops reduce long-term farming costs by protecting soil, retaining moisture, preventing erosion, and improving soil fertility across organic and conventional systems.
Since then, soil preservation via conservation programs has come to the fore. With strategies like planting prairie strips, soil nutrient loss is reduced. This is possible for farms with large acreages, and for smaller market farms too. Prairie strips do not need to be installed all at once, and can be introduced to the farm in stages. There are plenty of other reasons for planting prairie strips - soil nutrient loss being one factor.