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This is really freakin' obvious around my part of the world. Farmers don't tend to plant winter cover crops, but rather leave acres and acres of barren soil after the corn harvest.
It is the crops that kill diversity though. Baren fields may actually be better for wildlife
True, the turkeys, sandhill cranes, and seagulls browse the bare soil, so at least some animals benefit. I'm thinking about it from the perspective of somebody who sees green crop plants and thinks it's healthful nature. The empty fields provide a better visual indication of the actual devastation caused by industrial ag.