How one new type of fertilizer could reduce nitrate levels in Iowa's drinking water

Made with a form of charcoal called biochar, this fertilizer would release nitrogen onto crops more slowly, reducing ...
KCCI Des Moines

$1.9M state project targets nitrates in Beaver Creek to protect central Iowa’s drinking water

NOW. FIRST AT FIVE, A NEW $1.9 MILLION PROJECT IS TARGETING NITRATE POLLUTION IN BEAVER CREEK. THAT’S THE STREAM THAT FLOWS DIRECTLY INTO CENTRAL IOWA’S DRINKING WATER SUPPLY. AND THE STATE HOPES THIS ...
KCCI Des Moines

Sen. Chuck Grassley praises farmers' efforts to reduce nitrate pollution

THE BAND LEAVES FOR DUBLIN ON WEDNESDAY. IOWA SENATOR CHUCK GRASSLEY SAYS FARMERS ARE DOING THEIR PART TO HELP KEEP NITRATES OUT OF IOWANS DRINKING WATER. KCCI CAUGHT UP WITH THE REPUBLICAN SENATOR AS ...
OPB

Oregon leaders agree the Lower Umatilla Basin’s nitrates are a crisis. But the funds aren’t there

For years, Oregon state agencies, local governments and committees have hashed and rehashed plans to clean up a decades-long nitrates pollution problem in northern Morrow and Umatilla counties. While ...
Extension at the University of Minnesota

Extension addresses nitrate water quality issues in southeast Minnesota

Changes in the agricultural landscape have brought economic benefits to the region and the state, but they are also a ...