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ag policy

MDA awards $1 million for ‘Forever Green' research projects

December 1, 2015 by Freshwater Society

——-   Minnesota River Weekly Update; November 17, 2015 —— The Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) received $1 million of Clean Water Funds to support the Forever Green Agricultural Initiative at the … Read more

Categories News, Water Quality, Water, Science and the Environment, Ways to Take Action Tags ag policy, agricultural pollution

Buffers are de rigueur!

February 3, 2015 by Freshwater Society

Governor Dayton made a splash on January 16th with his surprise call for vegetated buffers along Minnesota’s waters. Far less surprising was the news out of Iowa that the Des … Read more

Categories Information, News, Water Quality, Water, Science and the Environment, Ways to Take Action Tags ag policy, agricultural runoff, agriculture and water, stream buffers

A brief in support of conservation compliance

February 28, 2013 by Freshwater Society

Conservation compliance – an effort to link federal subsidies for farmers’ crop insurance premiums to protection of wetlands and highly erodible land – is still a hot issue as Congress … Read more

Categories Water, Science and the Environment Tags ag policy, american farmland trust, conservation compliance, farm bill, gene merriam

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