The great plow up , the dust bowl

[Will 1594]

Channel 91 pbs america ,
May be interesting to some about plowing up american praries in 20 /30 s

 

[Farmer Roy]

Channel 91 pbs america ,
May be interesting to some about plowing up american praries in 20 /30 s

we had something similar in Australia in the 20’s / 30’s
One of the reasons governments set up Soil Conservation Services & put a lot of focus on soils & erosion

 

[7610 super q]

Yes, a good watch. Planted millions of trees and such to try and combat it IIRC ?

 

[nick...]

Was on a few weeks back,very interesting and concerning
nick...

 

[Bogweevil]

They are gonna have the same when the Ogallala Aquifer runs out:

How Center Pivot Irrigation Brought the Dust Bowl Back to Life
Crop circles saved the Great Plains when farmer Frank Zybach invented a new sprinkler system in the 1940s

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https://www.smithsonianmag.com/inno...ion-brought-dust-bowl-back-to-life-180970243/ view of crop circles (Shutterstock)
By Joe Anderson, Zócalo Public Square
SMITHSONIANMAG.COM
SEPTEMBER 10, 2018
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If you live in the Great Plains, sooner or later you’ll get a question about those “crop circles” that can be observed from airplane windows during flights over the region. The answer is contained in the question: Put simply, they are circles of cropland.

The circular pattern, however, is different from the regular patchwork many people imagine traditional farm fields to be. The shape is the result of the center pivot irrigation, a development of the post-World War II era that profoundly changed the course of American food production. In fact, the rise of center pivot irrigation turned the Plains—an area that had been dry land for more than 100 years—into a place that could sustain thirsty crops such as corn, creating an agricultural and economic powerhouse that carries the seeds of its own destruction.