Iowas Remarkable Soils

Author : Kathleen Woida
Publisher : University of Iowa Press
ISBN 13 : 1609387503
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Iowa's Remarkable Soils written by Kathleen Woida and published by University of Iowa Press. This book was released on 2021-05 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In language that is scientifically sound but accessible to the layperson, Kathleen Woida explains how Iowa's soils formed and have changed over centuries and millennia. Its soils are what make Iowa a premier agricultural state, both in terms of acres planted and bushels harvested. But in the last hundred years, large-scale intensive agriculture and urban development have severely degraded most of our soils. However, as Woida documents, some innovative Iowans are beginning to repair and regenerate their soils by treating them as the living ecosystem and vast carbon store that they are.

Author : Kathleen Woida
Publisher : University of Iowa Press
ISBN 13 : 1609387511
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Iowa's Remarkable Soils written by Kathleen Woida and published by University of Iowa Press. This book was released on 2021-05-03 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sometimes called “black gold,” Iowa’s deep, rich soils are a treasure that formed over thousands of years under the very best of the world’s grasslands—the tallgrass prairie. The soils are diverse and complex and hold within them a record not only of Iowa’s prehistoric past, but also of the changes that took place after settlers utterly transformed the land, as well as the ongoing adjustments taking place today due to climate change. In language that is scientifically sound but accessible to the layperson, Kathleen Woida explains how soils formed and have changed over centuries and millennia in the land between two rivers. Its soils are what make Iowa a premier agricultural state, both in terms of acres planted and bushels harvested. But in the last hundred years, large-scale intensive agriculture and urban development have severely degraded most of our soils. However, as Woida documents, some innovative Iowans are beginning to repair and regenerate their soils by treating them as the living ecosystem and vast carbon store that they are. To paraphrase Aldo Leopold, these new pioneers are beginning to see their soils as part of a community to which they and their descendants belong, rather than commodities belonging to them.

Author : Iowa Agriculture and Home Economics Experiment Station
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 768 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Soil Survey of Iowa written by Iowa Agriculture and Home Economics Experiment Station and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 768 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Mark J. Minger
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 380 pages
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Download or read book Soil Survey of Jones County, Iowa written by Mark J. Minger and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Lewis A. Clark
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 154 pages
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Download or read book Soil Survey of Page County, Iowa written by Lewis A. Clark and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Iowa State University. Dept. of Agronomy
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 76 pages
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Download or read book Principal Soils of Iowa written by Iowa State University. Dept. of Agronomy and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The more important changes which have been made in the classification of the major soils of Iowa since about 1950.

Author : United States. Soil Conservation Service
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 190 pages
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Download or read book Soil Survey Laboratory Data and Descriptions for Some Soils of Iowa written by United States. Soil Conservation Service and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Roy Walter Simonson
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 160 pages
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Download or read book Understanding Iowa Soils written by Roy Walter Simonson and published by . This book was released on 1952 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : H. R. Meldrum
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 78 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Soil Survey of Story County, Iowa written by H. R. Meldrum and published by . This book was released on 1941 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Russell L. Buckner
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 326 pages
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Download or read book Soil Survey of Butler County, Iowa written by Russell L. Buckner and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: