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They sent electrical current among 72 metal stakes placed in the field and collected 3,000 measurements; soil cores will help validate the images.","The team says the Delaware Kernza plot is two years old and the measurements provide initial impressions; more data collection is planned for next summer. Minnesota studies cited by the source found Kernza could reduce nitrate losses compared with annual crops, but those results were not measured in the Delaware plot. 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