Challenges Facing U

question 47

Multiple Choice

Challenges facing U.S. agriculture include all of the following except

• A)decline in prime farmland.
• B)decline in numbers of domesticated plant varieties.
• C)addressing habitat fragmentation.
• D)improving crop and livestock yields.
• E)increase in number of domesticated animal varieties.

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Cancer Treatments

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Sexuality

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