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Protecting the nation’s soil, water, and air resources is a key part of ARS’s mission. Since, globally, irrigation for growing food is one of the biggest users of fresh water, ARS scientists are developing high-tech farming systems that will conserve both water and fertilizer.
Photo by Jack Dykinga.
