This little black box could change how we study one of the world's biggest water quality issues. Scientists have created this new nitrate test kit. The dull black plastic of the device on Joshua ...

The end-of-season corn stalk nitrate test (CSNT) is a simple, inexpensive tool that can be used to assess the nitrogen (N) status of a corn crop at the end of the growing season. Data from studies ...

New University of Minnesota research, recently published in the Soil Science Society of America Journal, significantly improves a tool that farmers can use to guide nitrogen application decisions. Too ...

LINCOLN, Neb. (Nebraska Examiner) - As part of a statewide study of nitrate pollution in Nebraska aquifers, the state is asking owners of private drinking water wells to conduct a free test of their ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Author: Gabriel Lade, Macalester College About 23 million U.S. households depend on ...

TIFFIN - Seldom is water quality so visible as when Bill Waldie sticks a test strip into a bucket of water from Clear Creek and watches the paper turn shades of pink as it detects nitrate. He takes a ...

Hay will most likely be in short supply this winter, as some folks are feeding it already. Calls are coming in concerning chopping corn and feeding it to cattle. A potential concern would be nitrate ...

Mower County residents who drink water from a private well can have a sample tested for nitrate next week in Austin at no charge. Mower Soil & Water Conservation District is offering the no-cost ...

The end-of-season corn stalk nitrate test (CSNT) is a simple, inexpensive tool that can be used to assess the nitrogen (N) status of a corn crop at the end of the growing season. Data from studies ...

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