Research shows that drainage water management can reduce annual nitrate losses from tile-drained fields by 15 to 75 percent, depending on location, climate, soil type and cropping system.
A new Web site provides tools, data resources, contacts and success stories to help livestock operations meet their regulatory requirements, and even turn excess nutrients into money.
Farmers throughout the Mississippi River basin are making the right choices for nutrient efficiency and water quality protection, and CTIC is telling their story.
A new tool calculates the benefits of conservation tillage for cotton, a new video contest offers $2,500 award, and two new reports touch on farm economics.
As input prices continue to increase, and margins become increasingly thinner, many growers are getting back to basics by applying gypsum (calcium sulfate) to improve the structure and balance of their soil.
