Use the BMPs listed below to protect your resources and the environment while improving production. If the filter strip is forested instead of grassed, it should be at least 50 feet wide. Conservation Tillage is any tillage and planting system that reduces soil erosion caused by water and wind. There are a number of different conservation tillage practices. No-till does not disturb the soil before planting.
Planting is done in a narrow seedbed or slot made by a planter or drill.
Weeds are kept down with herbicides. Ridge-till does not disturb the soil before planting. Seedbeds are prepared on ridges and the ridges are rebuilt during cultivation. Strip-till also does not disturb the soil before planting. Terraces provide a level surface to plant crops and to capture and slow stormwater runoff to reduce soil erosion.