Lawmakers directed $16 million to clean up polluted wells, change farming practices in southeast Minnesota
The Legislature declined to impose a fertilizer tax, which would have made farmers help pay to clean up runoff.
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The Legislature declined to impose a fertilizer tax, which would have made farmers help pay to clean up runoff.
CANTON, Minn. — Water shoots up from the hills of Vance and Bonnie Haugen's idyllic dairy farm here in a valley close to the Iowa border. That's why they named it Springside Farm in the '90s. Unfortunately, the nitrate shoots up here, too. Nitrate levels in the Haugens' water have steadily increased for the past 30 years, now ranging somewhere from 6 to 9 milligrams per liter of water every ...
CANTON, Minn. — Water shoots up from the hills of Vance and Bonnie Haugen's idyllic dairy farm here in a valley close to the Iowa border. That's why they named it Springside Farm in the '90s. Unfortunately, the nitrate shoots up here, too. Nitrate levels in the Haugens' water have steadily increased for the past 30 years, now ranging somewhere from 6 to 9 milligrams per liter of water every ...
MARQUETTE, Iowa – A local state lawmaker is organizing an informational session on northeast Iowa drinking water quality.
In Minnesota, state agencies are facing growing criticism for withholding information from the public when groundwater is threatened by a leak, spill or contamination.