Wind Erosion Control
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	A field windbreak in Nebraska slows the wind.
	Windbreaks/shelterbelts are planted to protect or shelter nearby leeward areas from the wind.
	Siberian Elm at St. John, KS.
	Drip irrigation is a successful, economical way to water new windbreaks.
	Trees and shrubs planted in windbreaks in a subdivision in North Dakota make an interesting pattern on the land.
	Annually planted sunflower barriers protect specialty crops in California.
	Perennial grass barriers protect cucumbers growing in South Carolina.
	Vegetative barriers reduce wind velocity across fields and intercept wind-borne particles.
	Cross wind trap strips of weeping lovegrass protect a cotton field in Texas.
	Cross wind strip cropping laid out perpendicular to the prevailing wind direction.
	Cross wind strip cropping laid out perpendicular to the prevailing wind direction.
	Cross wind strip cropping laid out perpendicular to the prevailing wind direction.
	Ridging is an effective wind erosion control practice that combines the effects of soil clods with the effects of a ridged surface.
	Clod forming tillage is often used where residue is not sufficient to control wind erosion.
	Clod forming tillage was used on this field of soybeans to create roughness and stable aggregates
	Soil roughness and aggregation reduce wind velocity and trap particles.
	Seasonal residue management traps snow.
	Residue management to maintain as much crop residue on the surface as possible to protect the soil from the wind.
	Wheat residues are left on the soil surface to protect an Oklahoma crop field.
	Grass and legume crops are rotated with row crops in Iowa.
	Well-managed rangeland protects highly erosive soil in Wyoming.
	A living snow fence in Colorado beautifies the landscape and will stop blowing snow, keeping snow on the fields where moisture is needed.
	Stripcropping in Montana.
	Snow deposition by two row sorghum stubble.
	Emergency tillage to control wind erosion.
	Closeup of emergency tillage to control wind erosion.
	Spreading cotton gin trash with manure spreader.
	Grass barriers at Sidney, MT.
	Snow deposition by four row sorghum stubble.

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