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A decade of conservation effects assessment research by the USDA Agricultural Research Service: Progress overview and future outlook

M.D. Tomer, E.J. Sadler, R.E. Lizotte, R.B. Bryant, T.L. Potter, M.T. Moore, T.L. Veith, C. Baffaut, M.A. Locke and M.R. Walbridge
Journal of Soil and Water Conservation September 2014, 69 (5) 365-373; DOI: https://doi.org/10.2489/jswc.69.5.365
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