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CottonSoil conservation saved the farm, changed the face of Southern farmingSoil conservation saved the farm, changed the face of Southern farming
• Perhaps no other natural event in recent times underscored the value of soil conservation more than the severe drought of 2012. Despite one of the driest summers on record, U.S. farmers produced more corn and other crops in 2012 than they did in the 1980s.
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