The Resource Conservation District
provides technical training to farmers, tractor drivers and/or
foreman in English and Spanish that would like to learn how
to list beds along the contour of the slope. This practice,
called “row arrangement” or "furrow alignment” is
used to minimize erosion within the furrows on hillside farms.
A conservation planner will come out to your farm and assist
you in using a clinometer, hand level or abney to determine
a 2% slope. This slight decline will allow water to slowly
flow out the end of the furrow to a safe outlet. The
direction of the furrows will be documented on a map for
your convenience and together we will find a permanent marker
for future bed listing.
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 Arranging
furrows on the contour or with a 2% slope slows
slows runoff and reduces soil erosion.
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