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No, soil doesn’t just grow on trees

January 15, 2015 //  by Tom Buman

You would think by now that those of us working in the conservation field would have a really good handle on the value of topsoil.  Again, you would think.  In the abstract, I think we would all say that we “value” topsoil. However, in the 80 years since we’ve identified soil erosion as an issue in the U. S., we have been unable to even begin to quantify the value of topsoil in real numbers; until recently.  Thanks to the leadership of Iowa State University Professor, Rick Cruse, we’ve moved one step closer to identifying the value of one ton …

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