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Analysis of thirty long-running farm trials shows crop choice and manure addition can sustain high yields at low fertilizer rates

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Fertilizer use could be reduced with nature-based farming, shows major study
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  1. anadem
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    There's the rub. Agribusiness wants minimal labor and maximal returns. Farmers know how to grow crops sustainably, but there's no market support; unrestrained capitalism so often leads to...

    .."if supplemented by practices that support farmland ecosystems, such as growing a greater range of crops, growing plants such as beans or clover that enhance soil fertility, and adding organic matter in the form of manure, compost, or cuttings."

    There's the rub. Agribusiness wants minimal labor and maximal returns. Farmers know how to grow crops sustainably, but there's no market support; unrestrained capitalism so often leads to environmental degradation.

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