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Sidedress Yields Big Returns | This Simple Rig Helped Slash N Use, Reduce Runoff Concerns
2013-02-01 21:55:00| Corn & Soybean Digest
For Jason Sheehan, cutting input costs was the main impetus for moving to variable-rate fertilizer application and N sidedressing. Reducing the potential for any off-site movement was a close second. read more
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To Tackle Runoff, Cities Turn to Green Initiatives
2013-01-24 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Yale Environment 360: In Northeast Philadelphia, along busy Kensington Avenue, sits a small park. What used to be flat ground is now sloping terrain that contains a low-lying area intended to gather and funnel storm water. At the park's southern end is a depression lined with well-arranged plants -- a new landscape carefully engineered to change how water flows through the area. This is Womrath Park, one of a handful of "green infrastructure' projects Philadelphia has begun -- with many more to come -- aimed at tackling...
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#4 - George's Faces Fine For Runoff
2013-01-18 08:18:18| Waste Management - Topix.net
The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality has proposed fining George's Foods LLC nearly $10,000 for unpermitted runoff into Blacks Run from the company's city feed mill.
Coal Plant Byproduct May Reduce Phosphorus Runoff
2013-01-10 23:05:00| National Hog Farmer
An Ohio State University (OSU) scientist says an abundant byproduct from coal-burning power plants, if spread on farmers' fields, could help control phosphorus runoff that contributes to Lake Erie's harmful algal blooms. read more
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