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A little fertilizer might grow crops—but too much in water creates dead zones. Eutrophication is a slow, choking crisis.

The Oklahoma attorney general proposes banning use of poultry litter as fertilizer in soils when tests show ample phosphorus ...

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This common fertilizer mistake could lead to a poor tomato harvest and damage your young plants. Here's how to fix and prevent it from happening.

Faced with a water-quality crisis, Iowa grapples to find a solution: Is it more treatment, voluntary conservation, regulation ...

This relentless tug of war loosened root systems forming air pockets and tearing root tissue. If you had plants which ...