One-Third of Farmland in the U.S. Corn Belt Has Lost Its Topsoil

Yale e360
Feb 18, 2021, 5:33 pm335 pts
More than a third of farmland in the U.S. Corn Belt—nearly 100 million acres—has completely lost its carbon-rich topsoil due to erosion, according to a new study published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The loss of topsoil has reduced corn and soybean yields in the Midwest…

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