Soil Degradation Costs U.S. Corn Farmers A Half-Billion Dollars Every Year

ENN
Jan 12, 2021, 11:34 am213 pts
One-third of the fertilizer applied to grow corn in the U.S. each year simply compensates for the ongoing loss of soil fertility, leading to more than a half-billion dollars in extra costs to U.S. farmers every year, finds new research from CU Boulder published last month in Earth’s Future.

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