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6 factors impact runoff risk
2013-12-17 02:49:00| Corn & Soybean Digest
Severe weather events can challenge even the best conservation practices. Evaluate your soil conservation approach in every field. Intense rainstorms stripped fertile soil from unprotected farm fields across the Corn Belt last spring. Parts of east-central and northwest Iowa lost as much as 24 tons of topsoil per acre in May, according to Daily Erosion Project estimates. read more
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