Impact of Grass and Grass with Poplar Buffer Strips on Atrazine and Metolachlor Losses in Surface Runoff and Subsurface Infiltration from Agricultural Plots. Journal of Environmental Quality ...

Buffer strips were implemented to improve water quality, but their effectiveness is difficult to quantify While 99% of Minnesota farmers are compliant, some farmers want data showing them that the ...

MADISON, WI, April 26, 2010-Grass buffer strips are commonly used in crop production to reduce herbicide runoff. These practices are encouraged through incentives, regulations or laws, and are ...

Conservation buffers are strips of land, often planted with native perennials, strategically placed among and around row crops. They have the potential to improve farm productivity, protect vital ...

Research by scientists at the University of Missouri Center for Agroforestry suggests that buffer strips of grasses and other plants can trap and break down veterinary antibiotics in manure ...

As for compensation coming to farmers for their buffer land, Minnesota Sen. Aric Putnam, who chairs the state Senate Agriculture, Broadband, and Rural Development Committee, said during the ...

Towering silver maple, oak and ash trees line Bear Creek north of Roland in Story County. The dense stretch of trees is designed to be a buffer between the creek, 50 acres of farmland and the ...

MORRIS, Minn. -- An environmental listening session held recently in Chokio, Minn., was well attended. It was gratifying to see the interest in the environment, and that politicians other than ...

At the MU Horticulture and Agriculture Research Center in New Franklin, Salceda uses the wells on the land to test water samples for nutrient pollution. He’s looking at how effective buffer strips are ...

The version of the buffer strip plan that passed in an agriculture and environment bill was its third iteration. The plan calls for 50-foot buffer strips on lakes and rivers, […] Skip to content.

Farmers in Northern Ireland can access the new Farming with Nature Transition (FwNT) scheme, with cash now available for ...

NI farmers could soon be paid for protecting nature — but the UFU warns the new scheme must work in practice and reward those ...