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To: Cogito Ergo Sum who wrote (4412)	2/18/2006 9:09:53 PM
From: Crabbe	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 218638

Personally I have not a clue. But I would guess that: Land farmed for hay, silage, and other crops that utilize most of the crop as a final product would give us indications of what to expect. Crops like rice and grass seed, require the removal the waste product for various reasons, grass seed straw for instance is removed to minimize disease. After years of farming rice, grass seed, silage, hay, etc. on the same fields the tilth has changed little if any. Even if it is necessary every several years to grow a legume and plow it in the production of fuel would only be reduced by a small percentage say 1/6th or 1/7th. That would still be far better production than harvesting say the corn and plowing under the stover. Consider also using crops with corn such as soy beans that leave more nitrogen in the soil than when you started. Neither process of farming removes all of the residue, such as the roots and bottom of the stalk. r