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How to Improve Long-Term Soil Health on Your Farm

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Healthy soil can mean increased yields (and profits) as well as fewer inputs like fertilizer or pesticides. Regardless of the approach, implementing crop rotation is crucial for maintaining soil fertility, minimizing pest and disease issues, and ensuring sustainable agriculture practices. Don't over-fertilize.

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Farm Runoff May Be Tied to Respiratory Illness Near the Salton Sea

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And, as the increasingly salty sea recedes, tens of thousands more acres of playa will be exposedas will decades of pesticides already trapped in the sediments from past farm runoff. Due to this agricultural runoff, the Salton Sea is hypereutrophic, a term scientists use to describe water bodies that contain excessive nutrients.

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