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Chapter 9: Soil and Agriculture

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The practice of cultivating soil, producing crop,s and raising livestock for human use and consumption

The continuous mass of solid rock that makes up the Earth's crust

Sediment consisting of particles less than 0.002 mm in diameter

Conservation Districts

One of many county-based entities created by the Soil Conservation Service to promote practices that conserve soil

Conservation Reserve Program

U.S. policy in farm bills since 1985 that pays farmers to stop cultivating highly erodible cropland and instead place it in conservation reserves planted with grasses and trees