What are some soil conservation techniques?

Question

What are some soil conservation techniques that are used with low input farming?

Answer 1

conservation tillage - this is any type of tillage practice that leaves a significant amount of cover on the ground during a fallow season

cover crop and green manure plantings - crops (usually grass or legumes) planted on fields in between the cash crop.  cover crop can be harvested for hay or grain and green manure is tilled into the soil just before planting the cash crop

use of naturalized buffer strips to slow soil loss from field run-off and mitigate surface and shallow ground water loss of nurtients from the fields

Answer 2

grass helps withe soil erosion, or biologic seeds.  plus you can hunt over it all year if you do it right

Answer 3

No-till farming with genetically altered herbicide-resistant crops has virtually eliminated soil erosion where it is practised.  By using herbicides for weed control, not only is the soil preserved but less fuel is consumed as well.

Answer 4

spike ploughing

discing soil for seed prep

grain harvesting cutting stubble high from ground and leaving stubble in soil

corn harvesting again cut high and leave root base in ground

preparing soil on a grade across grade not down grade to allow washouts