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Definition of strip cropping
: the growing of a cultivated crop (such as corn) in strips alternating with strips of a sod-forming crop (such as hay) arranged to follow an approximate contour of the land and minimize erosion
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strip-crop \ ˈstrip-ˌkräp 
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The first known use of strip cropping was in 1936
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