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At Iowa's Neal Smith Refuge, turning just 10% of cropland into prairie strips

Team Global · WorldNews · 2026-09-08

At Iowa's Neal Smith Refuge, turning just 10% of cropland into prairie strips

Discover how converting just 10% of cropland to prairie strips at Iowa's Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge dramatically reduces sediment and nutrient runoff, offering a sustainable solution to agricultural pollution and the Gulf of Mexico's dead zone. At Iowa's Neal Smith Refuge, turning just 10% of cropland into prairie strips cut sediment loss by 95%, phosphorus runoff by 90%, and total nitrogen loss by about 85%.

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