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| The ability of soil to grow plants. |
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| The process by which soil gradually becomes so lacking or depleted in nutrients that it can no longer grow a crop. |
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| A soil condition caused by the evaporation of irrigation water, which leaves too much mineral matter on the soil's surface for crops to grow. |
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| Belts of trees planted along the edges of fields that slow the wind and reduce wind erosion. |
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| A method that inhibits water from flowing rapidly downhill and carrying soil with it by planting crops in rows parallel to land contours. |
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| Flatten a slope and slow the speed of runoff; as a result, water can transport less topsoil. |
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| Alternating a crop that leaves bare ground between rows with a crop that completely covers the ground. |
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| A method in which plowing, planting, fertilizing, and weed control are all done at the same time. |
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