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Liz Kimbrough is a staff writer for Mongabay.

The Corn Belt Is Losing Topsoil, Increasing Carbon Emissions and Lowering Yields

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January 10, 2022

The dark-colored soil (right) has been farmed no-till and with cover crops for decades, while the pale one (right) is from a tilled field with no cover crops across the road. Photo by Dale Strickler.