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<span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Dan Charles, National Public Radio (NPR) Morning Addition; February 24, 2021</span><o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span></o:p></p>
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</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><font color="#333333"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">One third of the cropland in the upper Midwest has entirely lost its fertile topsoil, according to a new study. Other
Scientists doubt that figure but agree that soil loss is a big problem.</span></font></span></p>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Link to article: https://www.npr.org/2021/02/24/967376880/new-evidence-shows-fertile-soil-gone-from-midwestern-farms</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#333333"><o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span></o:p></span></p>
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