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Agricultural Best
Management Practices
For Protecting Water
Quality
Recommended by Georgia Soil and Water
Conservation Commission and approved by the EPD.
August 2008
Agricultural Best Management
Practices
Conservation Tillage Systems
Growing crops with minimum disturbance of the soil
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Practices
Contour Farming & Terracing
Prevent water from running downhill by plowing with
the land’s natural contour
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Strip-cropping
Alternating crops in strips with sod
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Filter Strips
Sod or plants placed in areas where water runs
when it rains
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Practices
Grassed Waterways
A grassed channel in a field where water can be
channeled
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Practices
Cover Crops & Crop Rotation
•Crops planted on bare soil to reduce erosion
•Growing crops in different places on a rotating schedule
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Nutrient Management
Soil testing and fertilizer application to prevent
applying too many nutrients
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Integrated Pest Management
A total approach to managing crop pests to reduce
the use of pesticides
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Practices
Irrigation Water Management
Controlling amount of water applied to prevent excess
drawdown of aquifers and surface water
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Pasture Management
Managing animals and pasture grass to reduce
surface water contamination
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Agricultural Waste Management
Temporarily store manure for later application to
agricultural land
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Stream Crossings
Constructing fenced crossings with gravel bases to
permit livestock to cross at designated places
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Stream Buffers
Strips planted or natural vegetation maintained on
sides of streams
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Critical & Heavy Traffic Area Management
•Plantings to stabilize highly erodable land
•Gravel placed in areas where livestock travel routinely
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Practices
Composting
“Cooking” dead birds and poultry manure in compost
piles
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