Document Type
Fact Sheet
Series No.
627
Description
South Dakota's growing season rainfall usually is not sufficient for optimum crop production in all parts of the state in any one year. Limited rainfall some years could be more, productive if runoff were saved. Serious water and soil loss by runoff on sloping land after intensive early summer storms occurs in some years. Lands with irregularly patterned slopes that are fall plowed or summer fallowed or with no surface residue protection in the early part of the growing season usually have the most damage. However, when effective conservation practices are applied, runoff can be significantly reduced.
Publication Date
1974
Format
application/pdf
Publisher
South Dakota State University
Rights
South Dakota State University
Recommended Citation
South Dakota State University, Cooperative Extension, "Across-Slope Farming Saves Rainfall Runoff" (1974). SDSU Extension Fact Sheets. 415.
https://openprairie.sdstate.edu/extension_fact/415
Comments
This item was digitized with the support from Project CERES, a collaboration between USAIN, AgNIC, and the Center for Research Libraries.