Buffer strips were implemented to improve water quality, but their effectiveness is difficult to quantify While 99% of Minnesota farmers are compliant, some farmers want data showing them that the ...

Several measures to compensate farmers for buffer land were proposed at the Legislature this year, including a $50-an-acre tax credit endorsed by Gov. Tim Walz. None of the proposals passed.

Gov. Dennis Daugaard wants the South Dakota Supreme Court to decide if it’s OK to give tax breaks to farmers who put buffer strips between their cropland and the rivers, streams and lakes on ...

As a proof of principle, the team began with milkweed seed pellets, as described in a 2023 paper, and have now expanded to corn-shaped pellets for milkweeds and wildflowers.

This clever gadget instantly slices corn off the cob, preventing you from nicking your fingers or getting kernels stuck in your teeth. Best of all, it’s only $10 at Amazon.

Gov. Mark Dayton's recent announcement that he would push for a law that would require streams, rivers and farm drainage systems to have some type of vegetative buffer resurrected a debate that ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — An effort to get landowners in the Big Sioux River Watershed District to plant buffer strips in the watershed has not been successful, a state official said Thursday.

Buffer strips key to reducing nitrates in Iowa water. Donnelle Eller. deller@dmreg.com. Towering silver maple, oak and ash trees line Bear Creek north of Roland in Story County.

“Everyone professes to want clean water,” Gov. Mark Dayton said during his State of the State Address Friday evening. “Too many, however, don’t want to do what’s necessary to get it.” ...

While corn and soybeans dominate the Midwestern landscape today, some farmers are integrating strips of native prairie back into their fields. This conservation practice has expanded to more than ...

Agronomic Phenomenon in Corn Strikes Outer Rows of Fields, Strips Yield Illinois farmers also report seeing it ding yields. Agronomists are working to confirm contributing factors but haven’t ...