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TeachMeFinance.com - explain Buffer strips Buffer strips The term 'Buffer strips ' as it applies to the area of agriculture can be defined as ' Slender areas of permanent vegetation, often planted along the edge or the contour of a field, usually to slow the flow of water or the velocity of wind, in order to capture sediment and other materials before they leave the farm and become pollutants. Types of buffers include filter strips, field borders, grassed waterways, field windbreaks, shelterbelts, contour grass strips, and riparian buffers'. Previous 5 Terms: Budget plan Budget Review Committee (BRC) BUDS buffer area buffer factor (Revelle factor) Next 5 Terms: Buffer strips (filter strips, vegetated filter strips, grassed buffers) BUFKIT bufoniform Building shell (envelope) DSM program Building shell conservation feature About the author Mark McCracken Author: Mark McCracken is a corporate trainer and author living in Higashi Osaka, Japan. He is the author of thousands of online articles as well as the Business English textbook, "25 Business Skills in English". Copyright © 2005-2011 by Mark McCracken, All Rights Reserved. TeachMeFinance.com is an informational website, and should not be used as a substitute for professional medical, legal or financial advice. Information presented at TeachMeFinance.com is provided on an "AS-IS" basis. Please read the disclaimer for details.