Nutrient runoff from agricultural production is a significant source of water pollution in the U.S., and climate change that produces extreme weather events is likely to exacerbate the problem. A new ...

After 18 years of targeted management strategies, Minnesota's East Boot Lake has successfully improved its water quality and ...

Tom Fernandez, an MSU professor in the Department of Horticulture, has spent much of his 25-year career at MSU studying how to effectively manage water in greenhouses and nurseries to increase ...

One year away from a federal deadline to reduce nutrient runoff into the Gulf of Mexico by 20%, increases in tile drainage, livestock and fertilizer use have made success unlikely. A farmer in ...

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 ...

Irrigated mountain hayfields can act as large filtration systems that reduce sediment, phosphorus and other contaminants from ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A nine-year study comparing a typical two-year corn and soybean rotation with a more intensive three-year rotation involving corn, cereal rye, soybean and winter wheat, found that the three-year ...

HAVRE DE GRACE, Md. — As environmental groups and policy analysts in the Mississippi River basin seek solutions to shrink a massive “dead zone” that forms off the coast of Louisiana each year, they ...

One year away from a federal deadline to reduce nutrient runoff into the Gulf of Mexico by 20%, increases in tile drainage, livestock and fertilizer use have made success unlikely. CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa ...