Recent Examples on the WebBetween 2008 and 2016, corn prices rose by 30%, and 26% more land was converted to cropland than would have been otherwise, according to a 2022 study published by the National Academy of Sciences.—Karina Atkins, Chicago Tribune, 15 May 2024 Building on prime cropland No one knows how much cropland nationwide is currently under solar panels or leased for possible future development.—P.j. Huffstutter and Christopher Walljasper, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 Apr. 2024 Agent Orange was sprayed on more than 5 million acres of forests and croplands.—Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 2 May 2024 Some agricultural economists and agronomists counter that taking even small amounts of the best cropland out of production for solar development and damaging valuable topsoil impacts future crop potential in the United States.—P.j. Huffstutter and Christopher Walljasper, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 Apr. 2024 But environmental benefits accrue only if existing cropland is converted to oil palms.—Patricia Cohen Jes Aznar, New York Times, 14 Mar. 2024 This shift has improved soil health, cut cropland erosion and advanced the ability of soil to act as a crucial carbon sink.—Magi Richani, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2024 From California’s Central Valley to the croplands of Iran, groundwater depletion has accelerated over the last four decades across the world’s arid food-producing regions.—Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan. 2024 In their model, going from no organic fields at all to 5% of cropland being organic was associated with a 9% hike in insecticide use in Kern County.—Karen Kaplan, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2024
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