A nine-year study comparing a typical two-year corn and soybean rotation with a more intensive three-year rotation involving corn, cereal rye, soybean and winter wheat, found that the three-year ...

During dry periods, on the other hand, when water is evaporating from the soil, nitrates can move upward and may accumulate at the soil surface. However, once leached below the root zone, upward ...

Wetlands once made up 25 percent of Indiana. Many of these 5.6 million acres were located in the fertile farmground of northern Indiana. Early in the 19th century, landowners began using open ditches ...

Some state lawmakers are looking to spend nearly $8 million over the next two years to help provide clean drinking water to ...

Even though the nitrate pollution from the farming sector is affecting the groundwater chemical status, their condition is ...

The Gallatin City-County Health Board is considering a policy to update the county health code to require new or expanded ...

A nine-year study comparing a typical two-year corn and soybean rotation with a more intensive three-year rotation involving corn, cereal rye, soybean ...

Here, our surface water becomes groundwater within ... Broberg encourages private well-owners to test their water for nitrates if they haven't done so already.

URBANA, Ill. — A nine-year study comparing a typical two-year corn and soybean rotation with a more intensive three-year ...