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Heavy rain increasing fertilizer runoff to Gulf
Jul 12, 2019, 13:14 PM
by
Ann Gregson
The head of
natural and environmental resources with Illinois Farm Bureau says keeping up
with the state’s nutrient loss reduction strategy has been a challenge for
Illinois farmers this year.
Lauren
Lurkins says finding ways to reduce the loading of nitrates and phosphorus into
the Gulf of Mexico is difficult with such large amounts of rain.
“Particularly,
in a year like this, when the upper Mississippi river basin has seen ridiculous
amounts of rain and it doesn’t seem to stop,” Lurkins says.
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