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Mar. 3, 2025 — The amount of nitrogen fertilizer needed to maximize the profitability of corn production in the Midwest has been increasing by about 1.2% per year for the past three decades ...

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What’s in a word? Well, if it’s the word dirt or soil, it turns out, it’s a lot. While most people, myself included, often ...

Use these questions and activities to inspire curiosity and talk about the things that live in this microhabitat: • What kinds of things can you see in the soil? Pebbles? Twigs? Worms?

Different agricultural approaches are needed for three major soil types found in the country: saline soils in the north, black soils in the northeast, and red and yellow soils in the south.