Article 71X5S The environmental costs of corn: should the US change how it grows its dominant crop?

The environmental costs of corn: should the US change how it grows its dominant crop?

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Ames Alexander
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Amid concerns over greenhouse gas emissions, the Trump administration has abolished climate-friendly farming incentives

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For decades, corn has reigned over American agriculture. It sprawls across 90m acres - about the size of Montana - and goes into everything from livestock feed and processed foods to the ethanol blended into most of the nation's gasoline.

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