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What Can Farmers Do About Climate Change? Vegetative Barriers
2017-01-02 17:00:03| National Farmers Union
By Thomas Driscoll, NFU Director of Conservation Policy and Education Installing vegetative barriers, defined by the US Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service (USDA NRCS) as permanent strips of stiff, dense vegetation established along the general contour of slopes or across concentrated areas, is another way producers can adapt to and mitigate climate change. […]
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What Can Farmers Do About Climate Change? Stripcropping
2016-12-26 17:00:31| National Farmers Union
By Thomas Driscoll, NFU Director of Conservation Policy and Education As noted frequently here at the Climate Column (for example, in last weeks post on grassed waterways), preventing soil erosion is an important way farmers can adapt to and mitigate climate change. Impeding erosion improves soil health. This, in turn, allows soil to both store […]
What Can Farmers Do About Climate Change? Grassed Waterways
2016-12-19 16:30:42| National Farmers Union
By Thomas Driscoll, Director of Conservation Policy and Education The Climate Column has discussed several practices to avoid soil erosion, such as no-till and cover crops, that farmers can use to mitigate and adapt to climate change. Preventing erosion is critical to building healthy soils that store carbon from the atmosphere, mitigating the negative impacts […]
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What Can Farmers Do About Climate Change? Filter Strips
2016-12-12 17:00:16| National Farmers Union
By Trixie Wessel, NFU Intern NFUs Climate Column recently covered the practice of creating field borders; this week, were talking about a similar practice: filter strips. Filter strips, also known as buffer strips, are areas of vegetation planted between cropland and surface water to obstruct the passage of sediment and pollutants into environmentally sensitive areas. Filter strips trap suspended […]
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What Can Farmers Do About Climate Change? Field Borders
2016-12-05 19:06:34| National Farmers Union
By Trixie Wessel, NFU Intern In the past, the Climate Column has discussed practices such as strip-till, no-till, and cover crops to prevent erosion and improve soil health. Another important practice with similar benefits is the establishment of field borders, strips of vegetation at the perimeter of a field. Generally composed of stiff-stemmed upright grasses or […]
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