University of Colorado-Boulder: Soil Degradation Costs U.S. Corn Farmers a Half-billion Dollars Every Year
January 13, 2021
January 13, 2021
BOULDER, Colorado, Jan. 13 (TNSJou) -- The University of Colorado Boulder campus issued the following news:
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.
Long-term soil fertility is on the decline in agricultural lands arou . . .
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.
Long-term soil fertility is on the decline in agricultural lands arou . . .