The end-of-season corn stalk nitrate test (CSNT) is a simple, inexpensive tool that can be used to assess the nitrogen (N) status of a corn crop at the end of the growing season. Data from studies ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Author: Gabriel Lade, Macalester College About 23 million U.S. households depend on ...

Gabriel Lade received funding from the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture, the Center for Agricultural and Rural Development, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture to conduct this research.

New University of Minnesota research, recently published in the Soil Science Society of America Journal, significantly improves a tool that farmers can use to guide nitrogen application decisions. Too ...

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 ...

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 ...

Mower County residents who drink water from a private well can have a sample tested for nitrate next week in Austin at no charge. Mower Soil & Water Conservation District is offering the no-cost ...

KCCI EIGHT NEWS AT SIX CENTRAL IOWA WATER WORKS IS GIVING US AN INSIDE LOOK AT HOW THE WATER COMING THROUGH ITS TREATMENT FACILITIES IS TESTED FOR NITRATES. THEY SAY THEIR MACHINES ARE ACCURATE DOWN ...

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 ...

Citizen scientists in Iowa are monitoring nitrate levels in streams and drinking water through the Izaak Walton League's Nitrate Watch program. The data collected supplements state monitoring efforts ...