High-nitrate feeds can be deadly for overwintering beef cows. They can be used, but only if they’re processed and diluted in ...

MADISON –Juneau County will fund equipment costs for a new nitrate test lab by tapping $20,000 of the impact fees it receives from the builders of the Badger-Coulee transmission line. Wood County ...

Revised Document Prepared by: A.L. Shober, K.L. Gartley, and J.T. Sims Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Delaware Unlike other nutrients, such as potassium or phosphorus, the ...

LITTLE BIT, AND WE’LL CHECK BACK IN WITH YOU SOON. RIGHT NOW, MUCH OF CENTRAL IOWA IS STILL UNDER A LAWN WATERING BAN. IT’S DUE TO HIGH NITRATE LEVELS IN OUR WATER SOURCES. YOU’RE TAKING A LOOK AT ALL ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — Oregon Health Authority and partner organizations are mailing more drinking water test strips to Lower Umatilla Basin Groundwater Management Area (LUBGWMA) households and urging them ...

JUNEAU – Farmers are keeping the dry growing season in mind as they look to the future. “Dodge County farmers are continuing to make contingency plans to harvest drought-stressed corn as silage for ...

LINCOLN, Neb. (Nebraska Examiner) - As part of a statewide study of nitrate pollution in Nebraska aquifers, the state is asking owners of private drinking water wells to conduct a free test of their ...

Manure from Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFO), fertilizer for agricultural crops, and waste from septic tanks all add nitrates to soils and groundwater. In many places throughout the ...

Some people are skeptical of the nitrate levels shared by Central Iowa Water Works (CIWW). As of Tuesday, water from the Fleur Drive treatment plant was 8.24 milligrams per liter and 8.0 milligrams ...

Much of central Iowa remains under a lawn watering ban due to elevated nitrate levels in water sources. While officials assure residents that tap water is safe to drink, discrepancies between at-home ...