On-Farm Practices to Reduce Nitrate Loading to Shallow Wells

August 2011

Dordt College researcher Robb De Haan and farmer Matt Schuiteman discuss a Leopold Center project on alternative cropping systems that help hold nitrogen in place, protecting shallow wells that supply the residents of Sioux Center, Iowa. Filmed June 2010.

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