As a USDepartment of Agriculture Field Representative, You Counsel a Young Farmer

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Short Answer

As a U.S.Department of Agriculture field representative, you counsel a young farmer to plant alfalfa in fields with soils that have low nitrogen levels.You know alfalfa roots are hosts for nitrogen-fixing bacteria.How will the alfalfa and its associated bacteria help "fertilize" this farmer's soil?

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