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Groundwater and Soil Moisture Conditions

See the soil moisture maps generated every Tuesday by the National Drought Mitigation Center.

By Farm Journal Editors
 • 
November 15, 2020 12:12 PM

The following information is a Web Extra from the pages of Farm Journal. It corresponds with the article “Disease Defense” You can find the article in Farm Journal’s Mid-February 2012 issue.

Scientists at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center generate groundwater and soil moisture drought indicators each week.

View the maps.

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