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Roger Claassen

Former ERS Staff

Cover Crop Trends, Programs, and Practices in the United States The Fate of Land in Expiring Conservation Reserve Program Contracts, 2013-16 Agricultural Resources and Environmental Indicators, 2019 Working Lands Conservation Contract Modifications: Patterns in Dropped Practices Tillage Intensity and Conservation Cropping in the United States

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