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Study: Ag Practices Have Caused 57.6 Trillion Metric Tons of Soil Loss in Midwest

March 17, 2022 | Posted in Soil Health

Source: University of Massachusetts Amherst

New research shows that human-caused erosion in America’s Breadbasket is far greater than previously thought, says the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

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Conservation Agriculture: Necessary for the Future, and Incentives Are Needed

By Aubrey Lang posted on March 1, 2021

On Dec. 11, 2020, President-elect Joe Biden announced his nomination for Secretary of Agriculture, and in doing so announced his plan to make U.S. agriculture the first in the world to achieve net zero emissions by paying farmers to put their land in conservation and plant cover crops.

How a Robot May Show Us Why Soils are Disappearing

September 11, 2019 | Posted in Precision Agriculture

Source: USDA-ARS

A six-legged robot that can climb hills and plod its way across open deserts, collecting data in all kinds of weather, is helping a USDA-Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientist and his colleagues better understand wind erosion, which is a threat to the western U.S. rangelands that beef producers depend on for grazing.

Saving Our Soil: Mob Grazing and No-Till in Furrow Irrigation

July 27, 2017 | Posted in Cover Crops, Soil Health, Water Management

Source: Ada Soil and Water Conservation District

Ada Soil and Water Conservation District shares story of Jason Miller, who adopted a system including cover crops and mob grazing and no-tilled corn in furrow irrigation on his farm near Marsing, Idaho, to reduce soil erosion and improve soil health.

Timing, Placement and Soil Testing Key to Preventing Phosphorus Losses

Edge-of-field monitoring on 17 farms in Wisconsin and Minnesota highlights the need for no-tillers to apply ‘P’ under the soil surface and sample soils at varying depths.

By John Dobberstein posted on June 10, 2017 | Posted in Nutrient Management, Water Management

Edge-of-field monitoring on 17 farms in Wisconsin and Minnesota highlights the need for no-tillers to apply ‘P’ under the soil surface and sample soils at varying depths.

Cover Crops Effective in Reducing Wind Erosion

March 24, 2017 | Posted in Cover Crops, Soil Health

Source: Michigan State University Extension

Recent windy conditions in southwest Michigan proved the direct benefit cover crops can have on protecting the soil.

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3 Keys to Controlling Nutrient Loss

By Laura Barrera posted on January 5, 2016 | Posted in Nutrient Management

Soil loss, application timing and nutrient placement are the three biggest factors that influence the amount of nutrients, particularly phosphorus, lost from surface runoff.

Video: Erosion Issues on the Great Plains

July 8, 2015 | Posted in Soil Health

Dave Franzen, soils specialist at North Dakota State University Extension, talks about historic soil losses in the Great Plains, the losses still being seen today, and conservation efforts in place today to help prevent erosion. including tree rows as windbreaks and conservation tillage methods are used across the state to prevent erosion.

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