Economic impacts of soil erosion in Iowa
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2016-01-01
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Cruse, Richard
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Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture
The Leopold Center is a research and education center on the campus of Iowa State University created to identify and reduce negative environmental and social impacts of farming and develop new ways to farm profitably while conserving natural resources.
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Everyone agrees that soil erosion is detrimental to Iowa agriculture. This study attempts to quantify the effects of erosion on contemporary crop yields and gauge the longer term impact on the agricultural economy in the state.