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8. “They also reprioritise what commodities are grown on that land, based on what can yield the highest

Reply to Joe Shlabotnik (Original post)

Sat Feb 22, 2014, 09:58 PM

Feb 2014

return" IOW Likely that they will maximize return by growing more corn/grain/soybeans instead of hay and Soil Organic Carbon levels will drop as they burn topsoil for short term gain.

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