A roadside ditch along Highway 2, about 5 miles west of Grand Forks, North Dakota, full of topsoil from the adjoining field that was tilled in the fall. (NDSU photo)
A roadside ditch along Highway 2, about 5 miles west of Grand Forks, North Dakota, full of topsoil from the adjoining field that was tilled in the fall. (NDSU photo)https://www.ag.ndsu.edu/news/newsreleases/2026/january/ndsu-study-reveals-6-600-cost-of-losing-six-inches-of-topsoil/2026-01-topsoil-in-the-ditch-5-miles-west-of-grand-forks-7.jpg/viewhttps://www.ag.ndsu.edu/news/newsreleases/2026/january/ndsu-study-reveals-6-600-cost-of-losing-six-inches-of-topsoil/2026-01-topsoil-in-the-ditch-5-miles-west-of-grand-forks-7.jpg/@@download/image/2026-01 Topsoil in the Ditch 5-miles west of Grand Forks 7.jpg
A roadside ditch along Highway 2, about 5 miles west of Grand Forks, North Dakota, full of topsoil from the adjoining field that was tilled in the fall. (NDSU photo)