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Nutrient loss reduction efforts include outreach, watershed planning
Nutrient loss reduction efforts include outreach, watershed planning here’s plenty of nutrient loss management research data available, but it doesn’t do much good if it isn’t disseminated to farmers to show there’s proof in the pudding. That’s where University of Illinois Extension and other partner organizations come in. I recently spoke with AgriNews about outreach being conducted in watersheds across...
ISAP Aggregate – March
Read the latest ISAP "Aggregate" Newsletter for March! AND Read the "extra" for March!
Strategies to Reduce Nitrate Loss from Tile-Drained Cropland
Strategies to Reduce Nitrate Loss from Tile-Drained Cropland The recently released Illinois EPA and Department of Agriculture biennial report on Illinois’ Nutrient Loss Reduction Strategy (NLRS) showed that nitrate and phosphorus loads, in addition to water flows, have increased statewide since 2013. While it may appear there has been no progress in reducing nutrient runoff, particularly from our farm fields,...
Building Evidence on Soil Health for Illinois
To ensure a sustainable future for the land there’s one place more and more farmers know they can turn: the soil beneath their feet. American Farmland Trust partnered with USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service on four new case studies that show healthier soil on farmland brings economic benefits to farmers and environmental benefits to both farmers and society. One of those farms...
ISAP Aggregate – February
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Fall Covers for Spring Savings Program is a Success
Author Kris Reynolds stands in his field planted with a cereal rye cover crop. Fall Covers for Spring Savings Program is a Success It is now February and it has officially been nearly two months since the launch of the IDOA Fall Covers for Spring Savings Program. The Illinois Legislature approved a new line item this fiscal year in the...