Cleaner Air Has Boosted U.S. Corn and Soybean Yields, Stanford-Led Research Shows
August 04, 2021
August 04, 2021
STANFORD, California, Aug. 4 (TNSJou) -- The Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment issued the following news release:
A key factor in America's prodigious agricultural output turns out to be something farmers can do little to control: clean air. A new Stanford-led study estimates pollution reductions between 1999 and 2019 contributed to about 20 percent of the increase in corn and soybean yield gains during that period - an amount worth about $5 billion per year.
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A key factor in America's prodigious agricultural output turns out to be something farmers can do little to control: clean air. A new Stanford-led study estimates pollution reductions between 1999 and 2019 contributed to about 20 percent of the increase in corn and soybean yield gains during that period - an amount worth about $5 billion per year.
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