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Soil‐landscape restoration: Potential benefits and best practices
Author(s) -
Ernst Matthew D.
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
crops and soils
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2325-3606
pISSN - 0162-5098
DOI - 10.2134/cs2019.52.0308
Subject(s) - topsoil , tillage , environmental science , pothole (geology) , erosion , soil loss , agroforestry , soil fertility , organic matter , agronomy , soil water , geology , soil science , ecology , biology , paleontology , petrology
Low‐yielding hilltops have long challenged Prairie Pothole crop growers and advisers. Tillage erosion has resulted in lost organic matter, natural fertility, and water‐holding capacity on the top of these knolls. Moving some of this long‐eroded topsoil from the bottom of the knolls back to the top could be a solution. Earn 0.5 CEUs in Soil & Water Management by reading this article and taking the quiz at www.certifiedcropadviser.org/education/classroom/classes/685 .