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The promise for American agriculture is tantalizing: healthier soil, more carbon kept in the ground, less fertilizer runoff, and less need for chemicals. ....
Federal subsidies promote planting cover crops to store carbon in agricultural soils, among other benefits, but the approach as currently practiced can reduce yields in the U.S. Corn Belt, researchers find. Their analysis highlights the need to better implement the practice. ....
enter pivot irrigation sprinklers water a wheat field in Finney County. HAYS, Kansas A few years ago, Stuart Beckman drove 65 miles with a neighbor to attend a wedding in Saint Francis in the northwest corner of Kansas. The two farmers weren’t particularly welcome. “They found out where we were from,” Beckman said, “and they just about ran us out of there.” Not surprisingly for this part of the High Plains, the trouble started over water. “We’re these dumb (farmers) that are thinking we can get by with an acre-foot of water and that s crazy,” Beckman said, recalling the reception he and his neighbor got in Saint Francis. “‘You guys ought to go back home.’” ....
/ Center pivot irrigation sprinklers water a wheat field in Finney County, Kansas. A few years ago, Stuart Beckman drove 65 miles with a neighbor to attend a wedding in Saint Francis in the northwest corner of Kansas. The two farmers weren’t particularly welcome. “They found out where we were from,” Beckman said, “and they just about ran us out of there.” Not surprisingly for this part of the High Plains, the trouble started over water. “We’re these dumb (farmers) that are thinking we can get by with an acre-foot of water and that s crazy,” Beckman said, recalling the reception he and his neighbor got in Saint Francis. “‘You guys ought to go back home.’” ....