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Deep-chiseling fine-textured soils after harvest can increase rainfall infiltration and decrease surface runoff and nutrient loss. Here, Keith Whitehead, farm manager at Louisiana State University's Central Agricultural Experiment Station, deep-chisels a field in the high-rainfall region.
Photo by Peggy Greb.
