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As a retired physician and farm owner, I expect our government to protect shared resources, like air and water, from harmful pollution. That can mean telling individuals or industries engaging in ...

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 billboard near Avoca in southwest Iowa encourages Iowans to monitor their water for nitrate. (Nishnabotna Water Defenders via Iowa Capital Dispatch) Buy Photo The Gazette offers audio versions of ...

The Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) offered free nitrate well testing for the first time at Farmfest this year, giving well owners instant answers about their drinking water. Over the ...

Verdansk has been back in Warzone for a while now, and while the map is largely the same as its original counterpart, a couple of changes have been made, such as the introduction of the Overlook. On ...

The Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) reports water from six private wells tested at Farmfest exceeded the federal health standard for nitrate-nitrogen this year. Another nine private wells ...

The Nitrate Watch program, which provides free nitrate test kits to the public, has been named this summer’s “Water Warrior” by Wings2Water and GreenState Credit Union, the organizations have ...

API testing is a critical part of modern software development, ensuring that digital services remain secure, reliable, and fast. As APIs grow ever more vital across cloud, mobile, enterprise, and ...

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 ...