We are soybean farmers who practice chisel tillage with little residue and have recently implemented terracing. A soil sample from our field had the following properties: Property Rainfall erosivity factor Soil erodibility factor % Silt % Sand % OM Slope length Percent slope Value 5200 0.04 50 50 3 300 3 Use this information to answer the following five questions. Units -1 MJ mm ha ¹ h¹ yr-1 ton ha h ha-¹ MJ-¹ mm ¹ % % % ft %

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We are soybean farmers who practice chisel tillage with little residue and have recently
implemented terracing. A soil sample from our field had the following properties:
Property
Rainfall erosivity factor
Soil erodibility factor
% Silt
% Sand
% OM
Slope length
Percent slope
Value
5200
0.04
50
50
3
300
3
Use this information to answer the following five questions.
Units
-1
MJ mm ha ¹ h¹ yr-1
ton ha h ha-¹ MJ-¹ mm ¹
%
%
%
ft
%
Transcribed Image Text:We are soybean farmers who practice chisel tillage with little residue and have recently implemented terracing. A soil sample from our field had the following properties: Property Rainfall erosivity factor Soil erodibility factor % Silt % Sand % OM Slope length Percent slope Value 5200 0.04 50 50 3 300 3 Use this information to answer the following five questions. Units -1 MJ mm ha ¹ h¹ yr-1 ton ha h ha-¹ MJ-¹ mm ¹ % % % ft %
So the rate of soil loss (X.XX tons ha-¹ yr ¹) we would expect from our field is:
A=5200*0.04*0.4*0.35*0.10=2.9
True
O False
Transcribed Image Text:So the rate of soil loss (X.XX tons ha-¹ yr ¹) we would expect from our field is: A=5200*0.04*0.4*0.35*0.10=2.9 True O False
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