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posted 2/5/2019 The Farm Services Agency (FSA) and the Agricultural Drainage Management Coalition (ADMC) collaborated to quantify the effectiveness of saturated buffers to reduce nutrient loading from tile drainage waters. This demonstration program builds upon this same group of collaborator's findings from the 2012-2015 and 2016-2017 projects.

posted 1/30/2019 Starting a farm — and running one — is not easy, to say the least. There are so many things to keep up with aside from the ever-changing weather battle, and it is so important that you run your farm as efficiently as possible so you'll always be one step ahead.

posted 1/17/2019 States bordering the Mississippi River are putting strategies in place to limit nitrogen from wastewater treatment plants, surface runoff, and agricultural fields.

posted 12/10/2018 Iowa farmers and landowners are working toward cleaner water flowing from farmland into the Des Moines river by using practices such as bioreactors and saturated buffers.

posted 10/26/2018 Installing a water level control structure with perforated distribution pipes diverts oulet flow underneath buffer strips to reduce nitrate loss to nearby waterways.