Tag: Soil Erosion
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The Problems of Plowing, Part 2: Erosion
You’ve probably seen pictures of what can happen after fields are plowed: soil erodes. Winds blow across plowed fields, stirring up and carrying away topsoil. Waters rush across naked soil, sweeping it into streams, roads, and other unintended destinations. Photo by Fred Farrell on June 3, 2005 in San Luis Valley, Colorado (https://infosys.ars.usda.gov/winderosion/multimedia/2005storms/big/SLVSandStorm6.jpg) Sometimes erosion…