What Does Land Clearing Mean?
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You’ve heard the term land clearing used, a term that involves something around your home. Now you’re wondering what it means and what you’ll need to do. Why is it any good? Here’s 
everything you need to know about it and the process.
What Is Land Clearing?
This is the process of clearing any trees, brush, stumps, and any obstacles around your area to help create more land to farm on. It’s an agricultural process to create as much crop-producing land as possible.
But it doesn’t just stop with the clearing process. It also needs to be ready for cultivation, and that means leveling and limiting the land to allow for soil conservation and crop rotation.
All tree growth, stumps, and other obstacles removed will affect the normal operation of the farm equipment in some way. They need to be removed in full to protect the farm equipment and make the soil suitable for agriculture. All land must be at a suitable level for the use of the farming equipment safely.
What Does Land Clearing Involve?
The process involves Soil Survey Reports to make sure that the soil is suitable for agricultural production. This involves soil boring to look at surface texture, depth to the bedrock, and other elements that will affect the ability for crops to grow.
In the majority of cases, land that has a slope that has a 10% gradient or higher is not cleared unless it can be integrated in full with some erosion control conservation system, also known as terracing. This erosion control must prevent erosion on other parts of the land. Soil conservation practices will also be in place for land adjacent to an existing field to protect that land.
Naturally, some topsoil will need to be removed. However, it’s important to keep as much of this as possible. While you can always lay more, the current topsoil will be at the same pH levels as the rest of the soil. Only 10% of the topsoil should be removed at the most, and any debris piles should be free from the topsoil and mud.
Removing the Debris During Land Clearing
Once cleared, you will need to deal with the debris. This will be placed in clean piles and then either hauled to a disposal site or burned. Your project engineer will decide on the best option, and in most cases, the removal takes place within the boundary of the farm.
In the majority of cases, the wood is burned. This helps prevent it drying out, rotting, and creating fuel for fires. You’ll need to get permits for the burning of the wood first.
However, there are times that you’ll want to store the timber. When properly stored, you can have something that fuels your home or will create a side business. This is something to consider and talk to your project manager about.
Land clearing is an important process in the development of farm land. When done right, you’ll have land that is great for agriculture for years to come. Most common land clearing projects we do:
- fire mitigation
- lot clearing for new house, barn
- fence line clearing.
If you have land clearing questions or would like to get a free estimate, give us a call, (719)400-9104, or e-mail us office@coloradomastication.com.