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Friday, August 16 - Groundbreaking soil research
11 minutes Posted Aug 16, 2024 at 10:44 am.
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Science has been studying the growing of crops for a long time, but the study of soil is relatively new. Researchers are finding that there’s a lot to be learned about how farming has impacted soil over the decades. As Harvest Public Media’s Jim Meadows reports, that research could be greatly helped by the discovery of soil samples over a century old.