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Re:Soil Erosion: Why soil is disappearing from farms by nullstyle on Sunday July 14, 2019 @03:03PM (#20435234)
That appears to be a limited meta-analysis that itself postulated the reason temperate yield didn't improve because temperate soils were more fertilized on average than the tropical soil studies.

We're talking in the context of soil depletion in this thread, so I don't think their limited conclusion applies.

Re:Soil Erosion: Why soil is disappearing from farms by jelliclesfarm on Sunday July 14, 2019 @06:26PM (#20436615)
Possibly. I haven’t done any studies. I find good soil management with rotation and maintaining soil biome is sufficient in my Ca 8a/8b soil. My fields have soils that can be categorized as yolo loam and adobe can’t.
Re:Soil Erosion: Why soil is disappearing from farms by Nasrudith on Sunday July 14, 2019 @05:58PM (#20436407)
One thing not mentioned often about rainforrests is that their soil is actually pretty damn terrible. Which is also why you see things like carnivorous plants there.
Re:Soil Erosion: Why soil is disappearing from farms by jelliclesfarm on Sunday July 14, 2019 @06:17PM (#20436558)
So what if rainforest soil is terrible...their main function is to sequester carbon and act as a carbon sink supporting habitat and balance terrestrial ecology.
Re:Soil Erosion: Why soil is disappearing from farms by Nasrudith on Sunday July 14, 2019 @07:13PM (#20436881)
That is more for "why it helps there in the first place" than any disparagement of the rainforests. That the soil is terrible is more reason to leave them there - especially when they provide steady rain.

It isn't like temperate climates where you can rotate between farms, fields, and forrests over time easier.

Re:Soil Erosion: Why soil is disappearing from farms by jelliclesfarm on Sunday July 14, 2019 @07:57PM (#20437068)
right. i hear you.

may i ask what you mean by 'terrible'...nutritionally deficient or acidic..etc etc?