An agricultural conservation method where a field is divided into long, narrow bands, and different crops are planted in alternating strips. Farmers typically alternate a row crop, like corn, with a cover crop or forage, like alfalfa. This layout breaks up the flow of wind and water across the soil surface, drastically reducing erosion on sloped land.
Heard on the job
We switched the hillside pasture to strip cropping to stop the topsoil from washing into the creek.