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Please see herebelow the latest issue of SWCS Conservation NewsBriefs, March 16, 2017.

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Journal of Soil and Water Conservation
Water quality protection practices have become increasingly important as farmers seek to reduce nutrient loss from their fields into receiving streams, lakes, and rivers. These practices are valuable tools for farmers to meet nutrient reduction goals to protect local, regional, and national water resources. In general, farmers have responded well to developing nutrient management programs to use nutrients efficiently and effectively.  [log in to unmask]&userid=76865145&targetid=&fl=&extra=MultivariateId=&&&2023&&&http://multibriefs.com/ViewLink.php?i=58c9a1d6f1ded" class="gmail-m_-1702188626359233515ArticleLink" style="font-family:myriad pro,arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none" target="_blank">READ MORE


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University of Illinois College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences via Science Daily
Asian carp, currently confined to the Mississippi River system, are threatening to invade Lake Michigan and the Great Lakes through the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal. Researchers reaffirm that providing safe drinking water to Chicago residents must remain the number one priority; however, the Asian carp must be blocked to prevent them from getting into the Great Lakes.  [log in to unmask]&userid=76865145&targetid=&fl=&extra=MultivariateId=&&&2030&&&http://multibriefs.com/ViewLink.php?i=58c9a293c69e2" class="gmail-m_-1702188626359233515ArticleLink" style="font-family:myriad pro,arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none" target="_blank">READ MORE

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Phys.org
For decades, phosphorous has accumulated in Wisconsin soils. Though farmers have taken steps to reduce the quantity of the agricultural nutrient applied to and running off their fields, a new study from the University of Wisconsin-Madison reveals that a "legacy" of abundant soil phosphorus in the Yahara watershed of Southern Wisconsin has a large, direct and long-lasting impact on water quality.  [log in to unmask]&userid=76865145&targetid=&fl=&extra=MultivariateId=&&&2036&&&http://multibriefs.com/ViewLink.php?i=58c970f750450" class="gmail-m_-1702188626359233515ArticleLink" style="font-family:myriad pro,arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none" target="_blank">READ MORE

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University of Illinois College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences via Science Daily
Change is never easy. But when it comes to adopting new agricultural practices, some farmers are easier to convince than others. A group of researchers wanted to know which farmers are most likely to adopt multifunctional perennial cropping systems — trees, shrubs, or grasses that simultaneously benefit the environment and generate high-value products that can be harvested for a profit.  [log in to unmask]&userid=76865145&targetid=&fl=&extra=MultivariateId=&&&2042&&&http://multibriefs.com/ViewLink.php?i=58c9a26b16036" class="gmail-m_-1702188626359233515ArticleLink" style="font-family:myriad pro,arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none" target="_blank">READ MORE


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Smithsonian
In March of last year, a group of Dutch scientists announced that they had grown 10 different plant species — including tomatoes, peas, rye, garden rocket, radish and garden cress — in dirt engineered to mimic the harsh, arid soil of Mars.  [log in to unmask]&userid=76865145&targetid=&fl=&extra=MultivariateId=&&&2049&&&http://multibriefs.com/ViewLink.php?i=58c97085be8ef" class="gmail-m_-1702188626359233515ArticleLink" style="font-family:myriad pro,arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none" target="_blank">READ MORE

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Phys.org
Sorghum is the fifth most important cereal in the world. In sub-Saharan Africa, many farmers rely on this grain for food and feed. But Striga, a parasitic weed, can have a devastating impact on crop yield. With an 8-million-dollar grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, an international team will now explore the potential of soil microbes to offer crop protection. The Netherlands Institute of Ecology is coordinating this 5-year project.  [log in to unmask]&userid=76865145&targetid=&fl=&extra=MultivariateId=&&&2055&&&http://multibriefs.com/ViewLink.php?i=58c9a2bac559a" class="gmail-m_-1702188626359233515ArticleLink" style="font-family:myriad pro,arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none" target="_blank">READ MORE

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The Gazette
Iowa farmers say they substantially have increased their adoption of conservation practices intended to reduce nutrient pollution of the state's water, according to the results of the latest Iowa Farm and Rural Life Poll.  [log in to unmask]&userid=76865145&targetid=&fl=&extra=MultivariateId=&&&2061&&&http://multibriefs.com/ViewLink.php?i=58c976a69eb2e" class="gmail-m_-1702188626359233515ArticleLink" style="font-family:myriad pro,arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none" target="_blank">READ MORE


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Phys.org
Arid and semiarid ecosystems are expected to experience significant changes in temperature and precipitation patterns, which may affect soil organisms in ways that cause surfaces to become lighter in color and thus reflect more sunlight, according to a new U.S. Geological Survey study.  [log in to unmask]&userid=76865145&targetid=&fl=&extra=MultivariateId=&&&2068&&&http://multibriefs.com/ViewLink.php?i=58c9713480d10" class="gmail-m_-1702188626359233515ArticleLink" style="font-family:myriad pro,arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none" target="_blank">READ MORE

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The Spokesman-Review
Pat Munts writes: At my house, the melting snow has grudgingly given back only one area where I can start on my spring chores. It's a small woodpile that needs sawing up. Even then, many of the logs are still frozen to the ground which means the project is going to take a while. In the process of pulling frozen branches and wood off the ground to get ready to cut I turned over an old piece of lumber, and lo and behold, up comes a red wiggler worm very much alive and well, wiggling. I was totally amazed. The fact that the earthworms are already out working is a testament to their importance in the soil food web. This is the integrated web of soil bacteria, fungi, insects, larvae, worms and animals that convert organic matter into humus, plant nutrients and mix it into the sand, silt and clay that we garden in.  [log in to unmask]&userid=76865145&targetid=&fl=&extra=MultivariateId=&&&2074&&&http://multibriefs.com/ViewLink.php?i=58c96d6d54bb7" class="gmail-m_-1702188626359233515ArticleLink" style="font-family:myriad pro,arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none" target="_blank">READ MORE

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When you talk to Don Wirth of Saddle Butte Seeds near Shedd, Ore., it doesn't take long to hear the frustration he has with the 90 percent of the growers who underestimate the value of cover crops. Talking to the countless number of folks he meets during the 30-plus trade shows and field days he attends a year, Wirth spends most of his time trying to get the message across how cover crops can end up being more profitable than the "cash" crop itself.  [log in to unmask]&userid=76865145&targetid=&fl=&extra=MultivariateId=&&&2080&&&http://multibriefs.com/ViewLink.php?i=58c977b53830f" class="gmail-m_-1702188626359233515ArticleLink" style="font-family:myriad pro,arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none" target="_blank">READ MORE


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