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‘We should have a sense of urgency’ as farm drainage tile drives nutrient pollution
The Biloxi Sun Herald· 16 hours agoEditor’s note: This is the fifth in a five-story series that will examine the slow progress being made on reducing harmful agricultural runoff from the Mississippi River basin, which causes ...
Increase of drainage tile fuels nutrient pollution
The Gazette· 2 days agoThere are over 50 million acres of drainage tile in the United States, almost all in the Midwest. Wetter years push more nitrate runoff through drainage...
Sand Lake a summertime treat | News, Sports, Jobs - Times Republican
Marshalltown Times-Republican· 19 hours agoThe area now has 193 acres of land and water, with most of the water being ground water fill-in from...
Cicada bobbleheads swarm into production
OurQuadCities· 13 hours agoThe National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum has unveiled a limited-edition Cicada Bobblehead, according to a news release. Because of the unusual overlap of the life cycles of two broods of cic…
Farm to Trouble: As conservation lags, so does progress in slashing Gulf’s ‘dead zone’
The Biloxi Sun Herald· 5 days agoCEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa – The cover crop that blankets Dan Voss’ farmland from late fall into the spring comforts the Eastern Iowa farmer because he knows heavy ...
The Last Black Boarding School
Elle via Yahoo News· 4 days agoIt is reported in author Dale Carnegie’s book How to Stop Worrying and Start...
New Mexico Wildfire: Rapidly Growing Fire Scorches 13,000 Acres, Prompts Evacuation Orders
Forbes· 5 days agoThe South Fork fire ignited on Monday in the state’s Mescalero Apache Reservation, quickly prompting tribal officials to declare a state of emergency as ...
The Implications of Prison Flipping
Architectural Digest via Yahoo News· 3 days agoAt Bybee Lakes Hope Center in Portland, Oregon, this type of restoration looks like transforming the previously abandoned Wapato Correctional Facility...
Fertile Field day to show how wholesale growers prepare onions, potatoes for market
The Globe Gazette· 2 days agoSteve and Ron Rachut of Fertile will host a Practical Farmers ofIowa (PFI) field day about growing...
Biofuel groups envision ethanol-powered jets. But fueling the effort has not been easy
San Francisco Chronicle· 5 days agoSome day, the passenger jets that soar 35,000 feet (10.6 kilometers) over Dan McLean’s North Dakota...
