Food Production
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Over the 10,000 years since agriculture began to be developed, peoples everywhere have discovered the food value of wild plants and animals, and domesticated and bred them. The most important crops are cereals such as wheat, rice, barley, corn, and rye; sugarcane and sugar beets; meat animals such as sheep, cattle, goats, and pigs or swi ....
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.... Still, many small-seeded crops require a finely worked, pulverized seedbed, and soil erosion cannot be completely eliminated.
Fertilizers from both natural and manufactured sources can also contribute to water pollution. Soluble-nitrogen forms can leach into groundwater, and all fertilizers, including animal manures, can be carried along in surface runoff. Crop farmers are paying more attention to reducing fertilizer loss, partly for en ....
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Number of words: 701
Number of pages: 3 (approx. 250 words per double-spaced page)
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