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Farmers Panic, Can’t Get Supplies to Grow Food

Farmers Panic, Can’t Get Supplies to Grow Food

Around the world, farmers are panicking as they are unable to get the supplies they need to produce food, from fertilizers to herbicides to tractor parts. India has setup a “War Room” for fertilizers after China stopped exports of DAP, prompting farmers to riot to obtain the product they need. Many nations are now limiting exports of food and these inputs, so that they may feed their own people. This was all foreseen by the Food Chain Reaction Game, which–like…

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USA: The Nation’s Corn Belt Has Lost a Third of Its Topsoil

USA: The Nation’s Corn Belt Has Lost a Third of Its Topsoil

Researchers used satellite imaging and surface soil color to find out how much of the nutrient-rich earth has eroded away An ear of corn sits on topsoil in Nebraska, part of the nation’s Corn Belt. Scientists estimate the region has lost about 35 percent of its topsoil. (Andrew Burton / Getty Images) By Becca Dzombak SMITHSONIANMAG.COM APRIL 14, 2021   Seth Watkins has been farming his family’s land in southern Iowa for decades, growing pasture for his cows as well as corn…

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