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The question of quality: The Nutrient Reduction Strategy 10 years later

ISU researchers demonstrate conservation practices that can filter nutrients out of farm runoff at a field day in Polk County on May 24, 2023.
Grant Gerlock
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IPR News
ISU researchers demonstrate conservation practices that can filter nutrients out of farm runoff at a field day in Polk County on May 24, 2023.

The question of quality: The Nutrient Reduction Strategy 10 years later

Iowa's Nutrient Reduction Strategy is a roadmap to curb the amount of nitrogen and phosphorous contaminating the state’s waterways and contributing to a massive "dead zone" in the Gulf of Mexico. IPR News is looking at what has — and hasn’t — changed in the decade since.