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The products mentioned herein are not endorsed by the Soil and Water Conservation Society unless so stated.* ------------------------------ TOP NEWS ------------------------------ Soil has a microbiome, too <http://strongmail1.multiview.com/track?type=click&eas=1&mailingid=2181096&messageid=2181096&databaseid=Mailing.DS181096.2181096.163866&serial=17609572&[log in to unmask]&userid=76865145&targetid=&fl=&extra=MultivariateId=&&&2020&&&http://multibriefs.com/ViewLink.php?i=57b4d208698ef> [image: Share on Facebook] <http://strongmail1.multiview.com/track?type=click&eas=1&mailingid=2181096&messageid=2181096&databaseid=Mailing.DS181096.2181096.163866&serial=17609572&[log in to unmask]&userid=76865145&targetid=&fl=&extra=MultivariateId=&&&2021&&&http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://multibriefs.com/ViewLink.php?i=57b4d208698ef>[image: Twitter] <http://strongmail1.multiview.com/track?type=click&eas=1&mailingid=2181096&messageid=2181096&databaseid=Mailing.DS181096.2181096.163866&serial=17609572&[log in to unmask]&userid=76865145&targetid=&fl=&extra=MultivariateId=&&&2022&&&http://twitter.com/?status=http://multibriefs.com/ViewLink.php?i=57b4d208698ef>[image: Share on Linkedin] <http://strongmail1.multiview.com/track?type=click&eas=1&mailingid=2181096&messageid=2181096&databaseid=Mailing.DS181096.2181096.163866&serial=17609572&[log in to unmask]&userid=76865145&targetid=&fl=&extra=MultivariateId=&&&2023&&&http://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=http://multibriefs.com/ViewLink.php?i=57b4d208698ef>[image: E-mail article] <http://strongmail1.multiview.com/track?type=click&eas=1&mailingid=2181096&messageid=2181096&databaseid=Mailing.DS181096.2181096.163866&serial=17609572&[log in to unmask]&userid=76865145&targetid=&fl=&extra=MultivariateId=&&&2024&&&http://multibriefs.com/ShareArticle.php?57b4d208698ef> Smithsonian The Netherlands, home to windmills and clogs, legalized prostitution and marijuana, is also home to intensively farmed cropland. Holland's small size and large population have meant that the country his historically needed savvy agriculturalists to feed its people. But as it grows less and less of its own food, the government has to buy out farmers to return cropland to a wilder state. 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The majority of farmland irrigation comes from surface water, but a significant amount of groundwater is withdrawn from five major U.S. aquifers. However, with years of low rainfalls to replenish both fresh water and groundwater supplies in many areas, less and less water is available for agriculture. 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Its mission is to conduct research on ecosystems and improving producer profitability. READ MORE <http://strongmail1.multiview.com/track?type=click&eas=1&mailingid=2181096&messageid=2181096&databaseid=Mailing.DS181096.2181096.163866&serial=17609572&[log in to unmask]&userid=76865145&targetid=&fl=&extra=MultivariateId=&&&2038&&&http://multibriefs.com/ViewLink.php?i=57b489e0eacfe> <http://strongmail1.multiview.com/track?type=click&eas=1&mailingid=2181096&messageid=2181096&databaseid=Mailing.DS181096.2181096.163866&serial=17609572&[log in to unmask]&userid=76865145&targetid=&fl=&extra=MultivariateId=&&&2039&&&http://www.watershedtech.org/> Washington state's 'use it or lose it' law hinders farm water efficiency <http://strongmail1.multiview.com/track?type=click&eas=1&mailingid=2181096&messageid=2181096&databaseid=Mailing.DS181096.2181096.163866&serial=17609572&[log in to unmask]&userid=76865145&targetid=&fl=&extra=MultivariateId=&&&2040&&&http://multibriefs.com/ViewLink.php?i=57b4898eb215a> [image: Share on Facebook] <http://strongmail1.multiview.com/track?type=click&eas=1&mailingid=2181096&messageid=2181096&databaseid=Mailing.DS181096.2181096.163866&serial=17609572&[log in to unmask]&userid=76865145&targetid=&fl=&extra=MultivariateId=&&&2041&&&http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://multibriefs.com/ViewLink.php?i=57b4898eb215a>[image: Twitter] <http://strongmail1.multiview.com/track?type=click&eas=1&mailingid=2181096&messageid=2181096&databaseid=Mailing.DS181096.2181096.163866&serial=17609572&[log in to unmask]&userid=76865145&targetid=&fl=&extra=MultivariateId=&&&2042&&&http://twitter.com/?status=http://multibriefs.com/ViewLink.php?i=57b4898eb215a>[image: Share on Linkedin] <http://strongmail1.multiview.com/track?type=click&eas=1&mailingid=2181096&messageid=2181096&databaseid=Mailing.DS181096.2181096.163866&serial=17609572&[log in to unmask]&userid=76865145&targetid=&fl=&extra=MultivariateId=&&&2043&&&http://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=http://multibriefs.com/ViewLink.php?i=57b4898eb215a>[image: E-mail article] <http://strongmail1.multiview.com/track?type=click&eas=1&mailingid=2181096&messageid=2181096&databaseid=Mailing.DS181096.2181096.163866&serial=17609572&[log in to unmask]&userid=76865145&targetid=&fl=&extra=MultivariateId=&&&2044&&&http://multibriefs.com/ShareArticle.php?57b4898eb215a> The Bellingham Herald Whatcom County, Washingtno, family farmers are have made gains in water efficiency, but are hindered by the state's "use it or lose it law." The 1917 water code included a provision that water rights granted to a farmer could be withdrawn if the farmer did not demonstrate beneficial use of that water in a five year time period. Farmers are also concerned that they may be asked to absorb huge new regulatory costs by the state Department of Ecology's new Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation permit. READ MORE <http://strongmail1.multiview.com/track?type=click&eas=1&mailingid=2181096&messageid=2181096&databaseid=Mailing.DS181096.2181096.163866&serial=17609572&[log in to unmask]&userid=76865145&targetid=&fl=&extra=MultivariateId=&&&2045&&&http://multibriefs.com/ViewLink.php?i=57b4898eb215a> Study finds logging can decrease water infiltration into forest soils <http://strongmail1.multiview.com/track?type=click&eas=1&mailingid=2181096&messageid=2181096&databaseid=Mailing.DS181096.2181096.163866&serial=17609572&[log in to unmask]&userid=76865145&targetid=&fl=&extra=MultivariateId=&&&2046&&&http://multibriefs.com/ViewLink.php?i=57b4d254e05bc> [image: Share on Facebook] <http://strongmail1.multiview.com/track?type=click&eas=1&mailingid=2181096&messageid=2181096&databaseid=Mailing.DS181096.2181096.163866&serial=17609572&[log in to unmask]&userid=76865145&targetid=&fl=&extra=MultivariateId=&&&2047&&&http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://multibriefs.com/ViewLink.php?i=57b4d254e05bc>[image: Twitter] <http://strongmail1.multiview.com/track?type=click&eas=1&mailingid=2181096&messageid=2181096&databaseid=Mailing.DS181096.2181096.163866&serial=17609572&[log in to unmask]&userid=76865145&targetid=&fl=&extra=MultivariateId=&&&2048&&&http://twitter.com/?status=http://multibriefs.com/ViewLink.php?i=57b4d254e05bc>[image: Share on Linkedin] <http://strongmail1.multiview.com/track?type=click&eas=1&mailingid=2181096&messageid=2181096&databaseid=Mailing.DS181096.2181096.163866&serial=17609572&[log in to unmask]&userid=76865145&targetid=&fl=&extra=MultivariateId=&&&2049&&&http://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=http://multibriefs.com/ViewLink.php?i=57b4d254e05bc>[image: E-mail article] <http://strongmail1.multiview.com/track?type=click&eas=1&mailingid=2181096&messageid=2181096&databaseid=Mailing.DS181096.2181096.163866&serial=17609572&[log in to unmask]&userid=76865145&targetid=&fl=&extra=MultivariateId=&&&2050&&&http://multibriefs.com/ShareArticle.php?57b4d254e05bc> University of Missour-Columbia via EurekAlert Soil water infiltration, or the ability of soil to absorb water and allow it to move through different soil layers, is an important environmental factor in forests, especially forests undergoing logging operations. This property can affect how quickly those forests can regenerate after being logged. Now, University of Missouri researchers have found that logging operations can negatively affect soil density and water infiltration within forests, particularly along makeshift logging roads and landing areas where logs are stored before being trucked to sawmills. 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Basche, a research fellow with the Washington, D.C.-based environmental advocacy organization the Union of Concerned Scientists, said climate models differ in predictions of whether the future will bring more or less water to various regions of the country. However, she explained the models are generally consistent in concluding rising greenhouse gas levels will trap additional heat and lead to more extreme fluctuations in weather patterns. 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So what kind of insects are commonly found in corn and soybean fields? The answer to that question can be found in a new article published in Environmental Entomology. 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Farmers are left with the challenge of how to manage and revitalize their agricultural land so it's productive again. Ken Olson is a retired soil scientist at the University of Illinois. He says what usually happens after a flood is the field is left with an organic-clay or coat of silt on top of the soil. 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That's one of the themes of a new study from the UC Davis Agriculture Sustainability Institute that assesses the scale and sources of a kind of pollution that can harm infants if it seeps into groundwater and contributes to respiratory problems if it drifts into the air as a gas. 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Production calculators use annual rainfall stats to determine yields not actual, real time soil absorption rates. If soils absorb only half the rainfall, how can pastures ever reach potential yields as determined by banks and other professionals? 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Bob Casey Jr. visited a Lancaster County farm on Aug. 4 to learn about agricultural conservation practices. "I think more people should visit a place like this," the Pennsylvania Democrat said. The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation organized the tour at the Joseph Smucker farm to showcase the full suite of conservation upgrades that have been installed there. READ MORE <http://strongmail1.multiview.com/track?type=click&eas=1&mailingid=2181096&messageid=2181096&databaseid=Mailing.DS181096.2181096.163866&serial=17609572&[log in to unmask]&userid=76865145&targetid=&fl=&extra=MultivariateId=&&&2088&&&http://multibriefs.com/ViewLink.php?i=57b483cbd459c> TRENDING ARTICLES ------------------------------ Missed last week's issue? 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