Strip cropping, in which alternating rows of different crops are planted to reduce erosion, was encouraged.
From the democratandchronicle.com
Variations include alley cropping, where crops are grown in between rows of trees, and strip cropping, where multiple rows, or a strip, of one crop are alternated with multiple rows of another crop.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The chain is the largest of perhaps two dozen similar businesses cropping up at strip malls and on street-corners around the country.
From the time.com
In his new role as a corn cropping systems agronomist in Minnesota, Coulter believes that strip-till continuous corn might be a viable alternative to no-till when residue is removed.