States formerly with landcover in native tallgrass prairie such as Iowa, Illinois, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Nebraska, and Missouri have become valued for their highly productive soils and are included in the Corn Belt.
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Developing tools and knowledge to quantify and value the function, quality and resilience of New Zealand s productive soils and landscapes across a range of land uses for land management and policy purposes.
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In addition to the very exclusive Lake Panorama resort, the communities of the Panorama school district have strong agricultural ties : the school district occupies very highly productive soil and receives extremely favorable precipitation.
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Arnold and Wardle used evidence from Mucking to support the idea that there was a major shift in the location of Anglo-Saxon settlements in the 8th century, from lighter to heavier, but more productive soils.
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Mike McCarthy, whose 250 acres scattered on the northeastern apron of Mount Hood produce a plentiful crop of pears, said, " these are the most productive soils in Oregon, " and, as such, were irreplaceable.
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So, where " active " soil organic matter is a key to productive soil, soil with low microbial activity provides significantly fewer nutrients to plants; this is true even though the quantity of biomass left in the soil may be the same.
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Cork-oak, known in Portugal as " sobreiro ", has been grown commercially in the region for the past 300 years, with the areas between the trees typically given over to grazing, or on the more productive soils, to the growing of citrus fruit, vines or olives.
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Reflecting a commitment to sustainable forestry practices, over the last four decades management of Shasta Forests has engaged in tree farming and selective cutting practices to enable sustainable timber production and healthy forest ecosystems, including clean water, productive soils, wildlife habitat, forage, aesthetics and recreational opportunities.
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Heil estimates he's lost 10 percent of his crop among his best trees, rooted in good soil and reachable with his 330 meters ( 1, 100 feet ) of yellow watering hose, but up to 60 percent of his fruit is gone on the trees in less-productive soil with no irrigation.
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The issues of uncontrolled growth, premature rural subdivision, loss of productive soils, strip growth, loss of forest land, loss of Bay fisheries, loss of public Bay access, the need to plan for infrastructure and other capital improvements and the need to acquire forest land and set goals for agricultural land preservation have been troubling state planning officials since the late 1930s!
