field burning
Agricultural residue torching
Field burning is the agricultural practice of setting fire to crop residue—stubble, straw, and debris—left in fields after harvest.
Farmers burn to clear fields quickly, return nutrients to soil, and control weeds, pests, and disease.
The practice is controversial due to air pollution and health concerns: Field burning season fills the valley with smoke.
Many regions have restricted or banned it.
- stubbleShort regrown facial hair
- smokeAirborne combustion byproduct
- smoke plumeRising mass of combustion vapor
- ashCombustion's powdery remains
- harvestGathering mature crops
agricultural · flames · fire management · haze · air quality · straw · blackened · scorched · prairie · grassland · clearing · farmers · autumn · embers · smoldering · tillage · soil · nutrients
field burningcomposting
Decomposing organic matter deliberately
field burningregenerative farming
Farming that restores soil health
soil conservation · sustainable agriculture · organic farming · agroecology · permaculture
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