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Two new studies of private well water in Kewaunee County have linked contamination to fertilizer, livestock manure and human waste.
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Read More »Even good farming may pollute groundwater
State settles with Agro over cleanup money misuse
The state has settled a more than $1 million dispute with Agro Distribution LLC, its owner and their insurers over alleged misuse of environmental cleanup money.
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Read More »USDA: Conservation works in Upper Mississippi
By ?STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press Writer MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Farmers in the Upper Mississippi River basin have made significant progress in reducing sediment, fertilizer and pesticide runoff but need to do more to cut pollution to acceptable levels, according to ...
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Read More »Public hearings OK’d for proposed revisions to runoff rules
MADISON – The state Natural Resources Board has given the go-ahead for public hearings on proposed changes to state runoff rules for agricultural farms, municipalities and developers. The hearings will be held in early 2010, with dates and locations being ...
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Read More »Companies try to reap profits from cornfields
Luke Meredith AP Writer Des Moines, IA — Two new technologies offer the promise that corn growers could turn their cobs into cash. Cobs, the refuse left behind after harvest, are now plowed back into fields. But companies from California ...
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