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Mixed salad: Cattle – and the soil – need grazing and cover crops such as grasses, legumes and brassicas. Photo: Francis Yeatman

Farmers in ‘survival mode’ are depleting soil for future generations

Soils are being drained of essential elements that yield the nutrient-rich grains, fruits and vegetables needed for animal and human health

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