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Hybrid seed corn and nitrogen fertilizer transformed farming in the 20 th century, but they are also closely tied to some of today’s major agricultural...
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Farming in the fertile Midwest is tied to an environmental disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. But scientists are studying new ways to lessen the Midwest’s…
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Standing on a platform above the eastern bank of the Missouri River at the Kansas City, Missouri, Water Services’ intake plant is like being on the deck…
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On a gray day, just as the rain begins to fall, Roger Zylstra stops his red GMC Sierra pick-up truck on the side of the road and hops down into a ditch in…
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Living in the Platte River Valley in central Nebraska means understanding that the water in your well may contain high levels of nitrates and may not be…
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Contaminated drinking water isn’t just a problem for Flint, Michigan. Many towns and cities across the Midwest and Great Plains face pollution seeping…
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This is the latest installment of Harvest Public Media’s Field Notes, in which we talk about important issues related to food production.Thanks to tight…
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Thanks to tight competition, hog farmers are feeling a push to expand or get out of the business. That means indoor confined animal feeding operations, or…
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Columbia City Council members approved stricter requirements for a controversial potential housing development near Rock Bridge Memorial State Park.…
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This summer, officials in Iowa have been asking farmers to voluntarily reduce the amount of fertilizer they use. That’s because the fertilizer contains…