The equivalent of 70 nurse tanks of nitrogen per day and one truckload of phosphorous per hour is flowing through the confluence of the Des Moines and the Raccoon rivers in central Iowa. This ...
Dennis Vennekotter stands in a field of corn on his farm in northwest Ohio's Putnam County. The farm has been in his family for over a century. Putnam County’s Vennekotter Farms is more than five ...
The project's final phase aims to reduce agricultural runoff by scaling up cover crop adoption to 40,000 acres of farmland.
The Iowa Nutrient Reduction Strategy has been updated to reflect increased access to data and new practices, including a precision ag-tool to optimize nitrogen application.The nutrient reduction ...
Rethinking How Phosphorus Is Delivered Traditional water-soluble ammonium phosphate fertilizers release nutrients immediately ...
AMES, Iowa – A new study from an Iowa State University agronomist shows that an increase in perennial bioenergy grasses throughout the Corn Belt would lead to a significant reduction in nitrogen ...
Algae blooms in bodies of water, like this duck week on a pond, can be caused by fertilizer runoff. Courtesy Johnson County Extension After conducting a soil test, home gardeners are often raring to ...
Sugarcane runoff offers dual benefits for oil recovery, supplying low-salinity water and reducing environmental impacts from ...
The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. The Iowa Nutrient Reduction Strategy has been updated to reflect increased access to data and new ...