Industrial Agriculture Plowing Yield 
The Equation
MAY 15, 2023
With fields waterlogged, many farmworkers were unable to work and pick produce, signaling that crops like strawberries might see lower yields and higher prices in the near future. Industrial agriculture has created soils that are less like sponges and more like concrete, making it difficult to soak up runoff and excess water.
Civil Eats
MAY 1, 2024
Tesdell explained that when his European ancestors settled in the Midwest, they plowed the prairie and switched from deeply rooted perennial plants to shallow-rooted annual crops like wheat, oats, and corn instead. Corn produces lower yields if it is nitrogen deficient, so farmers apply nitrogen-heavy fertilizer to the crop.
Food Environment and Reporting Network
JULY 13, 2023
Farmland itself was also once a major source of atmospheric carbon dioxide as farmers cleared carbon-rich forests and plowed up prairie soils, releasing carbon from trees and the ground. Now, climate-smart agriculture aims to recapture some of that carbon. “A Both warm the atmosphere far more, per molecule, than carbon dioxide.
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