Strip farming near Elachbutting Rock
By Judy Evans
@JudyEv (364832)
Rockingham, Australia
September 14, 2025 7:16pm CST
At Elachbutting Rock, we were able to drive to the top of it. From there, you could see for miles. My first surprise was to see the way the farming land was being used way over to the north-west. I took the above photo to try to capture the landscape and also to show how the land is being used.
The lower image is zoomed in from the upper image. In the background of the lower, you can see more easily how the farming land alternates between rows of shrubs or bushes and cleared land which looks like it is either pasture or crop.
In my limited knowledge, this is one method of ‘strip farming’. It may be used to minimise wind erosion. If the farm is ‘mixed’ and runs cattle and/or sheep as well as cropping, the rows of trees would give the animals shelter in bad weather as well as aiding in wind erosion.
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@DaddyEvil (160569)
• United States
15 Sep
We don't see that kind of farming here... Or, if it is being done here, I haven't seen it.
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@JudyEv (364832)
• Rockingham, Australia
15 Sep
@DaddyEvil Do you mean the salt taking over? It's very common here and a continual headache for farmers.
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@JudyEv (364832)
• Rockingham, Australia
15 Sep
@DaddyEvil @FourWalls @shaggin Wiki says a form is used on the Great Plains of the US and Canadian Prairies but some of the strips are left fallow to conserve moisture (I'm not sure how that actually works). In Australia, completely clearing the land often leads to the land becoming too salty for crops. Leaving rows of trees helps in this regard.
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@RebeccasFarm (90737)
• Arvada, Colorado
15 Sep
I'd never heard of strip farming Judy but it is brilliant.
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@ptrikha_2 (48556)
• India
21 Sep
This is quite a good and scientific way. Often too big farm lands are prone to erosion and even droughts or floodings.
Intermediate Tree covers can help a lot.
Are the farmers here also having Aboriginal people among them.
Quite a nice picture and tonnes of information.
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@ptrikha_2 (48556)
• India
26 Sep
@JudyEv
Yes and we have seen some similar things happening here although many Farm land holdings in India are of smaller size.
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@allknowing (154176)
• India
15 Sep
You need to explain a bit more about strip farming Thank you
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@FourWalls (79782)
• United States
15 Sep
We don’t have that style of farming here that I’m aware of. Great idea, though!
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@luisadannointed (9454)
• Philippines
18 Sep
The photo is so lovely especially the green fields.
never heard of that tyoe if farming, thanks for the info. You really travel to good places. i like it. God bless.
@sathviksouvik (21736)
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16 Sep
thanks judy i am hearing this term strip farming for the first time
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@JudyEv (364832)
• Rockingham, Australia
17 Sep
Much of our farmland can turn to salt if steps are not taken to prevent it.
