Prairie Strip Installed On An Agricultural Field (IMAGE)

Iowa State University

Prairie Strip Installed On An Agricultural Field

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Narrow strips of native prairie planted on cropland, like this one, can yield immense environmental benefits. A new research project at Iowa State aims to answer how long it takes for those benefits to manifest, and how long they remain after the prairie strip is removed.

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Lisa Schulte Moore

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