Windbreaks are plantings of rows of trees, shrubs and grasses that can help protect people, livestock, crops, soil and wildlife from winds harmful effects. Depending on your resource concerns, there are different wind-break types that can be installed. Some on these include: Farmstead shelterbelts, feedlot shelterbelts, screens for noise, vision, and odor, field boundaries, wildlife travel corridors, screens to reduce chemical drift and living snow fences.

What are the benefits of having a windbreak? Depending on the problem that a windbreak is addressing, it can provide many benefits. Windbreaks can increase income, provide protection, create a living snow fence, store carbon, reduce odor and enhance aesthetics. Some of the major benefits of installing a windbreak are:

• Windbreaks can prevent soil erosion that encompasses an area of 10 to 20 times their height.