This is Farming -- Sustainability Practices: Water Management 

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"Most of our steeper ground had terraces installed 30 years ago...and terraces still have a place, even with reduced tillage. On the other end of the spectrum I deal with too much water on the low ground, and that's where we've tried to improve it with drainage tile."
-Jed Olbertson, Beresford, SD