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There can be no life without soil and no soil without life.
Charles E. Kellogg, USDA Yearbook of Agriculture, 1938
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The heat is on
Warmer Summer Nights – Missouri
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When it rains it pours
More Heavy Downpours Changes in Frequency of
Heaviest MO Downpours
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Conservation Practices
Potential Carbon Storage by Conservation Practice
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Show Me the SavingsIndividual Conservation Practices
Potential Carbon Storage by Conservation Practice
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Theoretical technical potentials for
carbon storage in Missouri
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County Level
Highest Carbon Storage Potentials by County in Missouri
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Table 3. Conservation treatment levels in sub-regions of the Missouri River Basin falling partially or entirely
inside the state of Missouri.*
Sub-region
Percent of cropped acres at four conservation treatment levels for structural practices.
High
Moderately-High
Moderate
Low
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Table 4. Conservation treatment levels in sub-regions of the Missouri River Basin falling partially or
entirely inside the state of Missouri.*
Sub-region # >>
Percent of cropped acres at four conservation treatment levels for nitrogen management.
High
Moderately-High
Moderate
Low
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References
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