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Changing How We Farm Might Protect Wild Mammals—and Fight Climate Change

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land, with cropland expanding by 1 million acres per year, fueling habitat loss for wildlife and mammals. First of all, farmland reduces mammals’ natural habitats and diminishes their ability to find shelter as well as food and prey, explained Koen Kuipers, a researcher at Radboud University in the Netherlands. Runoff from U.S.

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How Crop Insurance Prevents Some Farmers From Adapting to Climate Change

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Just over a decade ago, he began converting his 11,000-acre farm to perennial native grassland to rebuild the health of his soil. He planted wheat and other grains directly into the meadows and relied solely on rainfall for much of his acreage. I just seed the minimal level of 10 pounds [of flax] an acre with my peas.

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