Lawmakers are expected to debate the latest U.S. House Farm Bill proposal next week, according to the Union of Concerned Scientists, which says the bill would reduce investment in programs that help ...

Local government leaders from across Florida tell the Times they support their community’s fertilizer bans. A new report by the University of Florida says more research is needed to determine if ...

The Raccoon River weaves past downtown Des Moines, Iowa, in June. One of the primary drinking water sources for the region, the river has high nitrate levels that have led to water restrictions for ...

ST. LOUIS — The nation’s rivers and streams remain stubbornly polluted with nutrients that contaminate drinking water and fuel a gigantic dead zone for aquatic life in the Gulf of Mexico, according to ...

Indiantown will be home to the first biosolids processing plant of its kind in Florida, designed to convert treated human waste into concrete, fertilizer and irrigation water. Sedron Technologies ...

A newly developed catalyst that transforms nitrate-polluted water into ammonia has potential to be utilized in fertilizer ...

A proposal to tax the fertilizer that farmers use to boost crop yields — in the hopes of treating nitrate pollution of water in southeastern Minnesota — passed its first test on Thursday in the House ...

A highly anticipated new report from the University of Florida argues there isn’t enough research to determine whether seasonal fertilizer bans help stop pollution from dumping into Florida waterways.

Des Moines Water Works employee Bill Blubaugh collects a water sample from the Raccoon River, Thursday, June 3, 2021, in Des Moines, Iowa. Each day the utility analyzes samples from the Raccoon River ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. ST. LOUIS (AP) — The nation’s rivers and ...