Nutrient loss isn’t just an agricultural problem. Excess nutrients from runoff of fertilizers used on suburban lawns and golf courses, along with waste from daily
Nutrient loss is one of the most serious pollution threats faced in the U.S., causing a Rhode Island-sized dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico,
Editor’s Note: Andrew Adams is a student in the Public Affairs Reporting program at University of Illinois Springfield who is a reporting intern at the
When it rains on a farm here in central Illinois, the water that runs off into local streams and rivers carries with it excess nutrients
Millions of rural residents across the Midwest are at risk of nitrate contamination in their drinking water, but they might not know it. Many rural