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Conservation plans and soil and water conservation practice use: Evidence from Iowa

C. Morris and J.G. Arbuckle
Journal of Soil and Water Conservation September 2021, 76 (5) 457-471; DOI: https://doi.org/10.2489/jswc.2021.00166

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