Strategy to reduce farm runoff will be tested starting in Minnesota
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Author:
Donna Gonzalez |
Posted: 1/19/2012 |
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Minnesota will be the nation's first test site for a novel federal program designed to stem the flow of agricultural pollution that is strangling some of the country's great waterways.
The project is expected to be announded on Jan. 24 by Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency adminstrator Lisa Jackson.
They are promoting the pilot project as a the start of an ambitious federal strategy that would give farmers a green seal of approval if they choose to put land conservation and water quality ahead of crop yields.
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Source: The News Tribune