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December 30, 2018 08:01 pm
Original Link: http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/xRkIj5HOgGU/facing-soil-crisis-us-farmers-look-beyond-corn-and-soybeans
Facing Soil Crisis, US Farmers Look Beyond Corn and Soybeans
Corn and soybean crops have been good to farmers in the American Midwest and Plains. But these staple crops have taken a toll on the very earth they draw nourishment from. Now, a new generation of farmers is looking underground to try to replenish their soils in a way that both restores nutrients and reduces chemical runoff into the environment. From a report: "Mainstream agriculture, they just don't get it," says North Dakota farmer Jerry Doan. "You have got to feed the biology of the soil." Some farmers are experimenting with growing cover crops on their fields. Devoting valuable land to new crops can be risky for producers, whose thin margins make them reluctant to make big changes if their yields are going to fall, even temporarily. But in some communities, such as Washington County, Iowa, farmers are taking the leap together.Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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