The dry conditions of summer 2020 has produced an abundance of high nitrate forages. These hays, crop residues (stover) and even weeds with high nitrates leave many producers utilizing Extension and ...

Understanding how much nitrate is present in irrigation water is important not only for farm management decisions, but also for protecting the quality of drinking water, according to research from ...

Littlestown ended a water quality warning after new tests showed nitrate levels are now within normal limits, a release ...

AMES, Iowa – The underground tiles that drain farm fields can release water into remote and shallow waterways. It’s not ...

The eyes of dead fish and the message “know what you drink” adorn a new billboard near Avoca that urges Iowans to monitor nitrate levels in their water. The billboard is the first of several that the ...

A drinking water warning was sent to Littlestown residents this week, stating that excessive nitrate levels were found in the water.

Hay will most likely be in short supply this winter, as some folks are feeding it already. Calls are coming in concerning chopping corn and feeding it to cattle. A potential concern would be nitrate ...

The Olmsted County Soil and Water Conservation District and Olmsted County Public Health Services will do free water testing at the Olmsted County Fair for households that rely on private wells for ...

Donna Rasmussen, a former administrator for the Fillmore County Soil and Water Conservation District, uses an ultraviolet spectrophotometer to measure the concentration of nitrates in a water sample ...

Greenpeace Aotearoa has announced that it will be running free drinking water testing for nitrate contamination in Edendale, ...