Back To Top 7. Planting a different crop every year is a very important part of your field management. Rotating crops helps to reduce disease, control pests, control erosion, and improve soil conditions. Back To Top 8. Conventional tillage, such as moldboard plowing, increases the potential for soil erosion.
Conservation tillage helps to reduce soil erosion and improve soil structure.
It also saves energy and reduces production costs. Back To Top 9. You can reduce soil erosion by up to 50 percent by farming on the contour instead of farming up and down the slope. Contour farming when combined with conservation tillage and crop rotations can reduce erosion rates by up to 95 percent. Back To Top 10.