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The products mentioned herein are not endorsed by the Soil and Water Conservation Society unless so stated.* ------------------------------ TOP NEWS ------------------------------ Ohio corn, wheat and soybean farmers urge Congress to fully fund Great Lakes Restoration Initiative <http://strongmail1.multiview.com/track?type=click&eas=1&mailingid=2207142&messageid=2207142&databaseid=Mailing.DS207142.2207142.189906&serial=17733357&[log in to unmask]&userid=76865145&targetid=&fl=&extra=MultivariateId=&&&2019&&&http://multibriefs.com/ViewLink.php?i=592ee400755d9> [image: Share on Facebook] <http://strongmail1.multiview.com/track?type=click&eas=1&mailingid=2207142&messageid=2207142&databaseid=Mailing.DS207142.2207142.189906&serial=17733357&[log in to unmask]&userid=76865145&targetid=&fl=&extra=MultivariateId=&&&2020&&&http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://multibriefs.com/ViewLink.php?i=592ee400755d9>[image: Twitter] <http://strongmail1.multiview.com/track?type=click&eas=1&mailingid=2207142&messageid=2207142&databaseid=Mailing.DS207142.2207142.189906&serial=17733357&[log in to unmask]&userid=76865145&targetid=&fl=&extra=MultivariateId=&&&2021&&&http://twitter.com/?status=http://multibriefs.com/ViewLink.php?i=592ee400755d9>[image: Share on Linkedin] <http://strongmail1.multiview.com/track?type=click&eas=1&mailingid=2207142&messageid=2207142&databaseid=Mailing.DS207142.2207142.189906&serial=17733357&[log in to unmask]&userid=76865145&targetid=&fl=&extra=MultivariateId=&&&2022&&&http://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=http://multibriefs.com/ViewLink.php?i=592ee400755d9>[image: E-mail article] <http://strongmail1.multiview.com/track?type=click&eas=1&mailingid=2207142&messageid=2207142&databaseid=Mailing.DS207142.2207142.189906&serial=17733357&[log in to unmask]&userid=76865145&targetid=&fl=&extra=MultivariateId=&&&2023&&&http://multibriefs.com/ShareArticle.php?592ee400755d9> Norwalk Reflector The Ohio Corn & Wheat Growers Association and the Ohio Soybean Association denounced the elimination of the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, as proposed by the 2018 budget released this week by the Trump Administration. Ohio's corn, soy and wheat farmers have been strong supporters of the initiative. Since 2009 it has provided approximately $300 million annually in water quality improvement efforts and generated more than $2 billion for previously unfunded restoration work over the past eight years. 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READ MORE <http://strongmail1.multiview.com/track?type=click&eas=1&mailingid=2207142&messageid=2207142&databaseid=Mailing.DS207142.2207142.189906&serial=17733357&[log in to unmask]&userid=76865145&targetid=&fl=&extra=MultivariateId=&&&2031&&&http://multibriefs.com/ViewLink.php?i=592ee75446726> Opinion: The economics of soil health <http://strongmail1.multiview.com/track?type=click&eas=1&mailingid=2207142&messageid=2207142&databaseid=Mailing.DS207142.2207142.189906&serial=17733357&[log in to unmask]&userid=76865145&targetid=&fl=&extra=MultivariateId=&&&2032&&&http://multibriefs.com/ViewLink.php?i=592f2ce12023f> [image: Share on Facebook] <http://strongmail1.multiview.com/track?type=click&eas=1&mailingid=2207142&messageid=2207142&databaseid=Mailing.DS207142.2207142.189906&serial=17733357&[log in to unmask]&userid=76865145&targetid=&fl=&extra=MultivariateId=&&&2033&&&http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://multibriefs.com/ViewLink.php?i=592f2ce12023f>[image: Twitter] <http://strongmail1.multiview.com/track?type=click&eas=1&mailingid=2207142&messageid=2207142&databaseid=Mailing.DS207142.2207142.189906&serial=17733357&[log in to unmask]&userid=76865145&targetid=&fl=&extra=MultivariateId=&&&2034&&&http://twitter.com/?status=http://multibriefs.com/ViewLink.php?i=592f2ce12023f>[image: Share on Linkedin] <http://strongmail1.multiview.com/track?type=click&eas=1&mailingid=2207142&messageid=2207142&databaseid=Mailing.DS207142.2207142.189906&serial=17733357&[log in to unmask]&userid=76865145&targetid=&fl=&extra=MultivariateId=&&&2035&&&http://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=http://multibriefs.com/ViewLink.php?i=592f2ce12023f>[image: E-mail article] <http://strongmail1.multiview.com/track?type=click&eas=1&mailingid=2207142&messageid=2207142&databaseid=Mailing.DS207142.2207142.189906&serial=17733357&[log in to unmask]&userid=76865145&targetid=&fl=&extra=MultivariateId=&&&2036&&&http://multibriefs.com/ShareArticle.php?592f2ce12023f> Ag Professional Soil health is all the rage. It is hot. It is cool. It is everywhere. You can't open a farm magazine without seeing an article on soil heath. You can't go to a farm meeting without hearing about soil health. It's the hip chatter in conservation. But for all the talk, there isn't much to listen to. READ MORE <http://strongmail1.multiview.com/track?type=click&eas=1&mailingid=2207142&messageid=2207142&databaseid=Mailing.DS207142.2207142.189906&serial=17733357&[log in to unmask]&userid=76865145&targetid=&fl=&extra=MultivariateId=&&&2037&&&http://multibriefs.com/ViewLink.php?i=592f2ce12023f> . 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The chamber voted largely along party lines to approve the Reducing Regulatory Burdens Act of 2017. In the preceding floor debate, the bill's supporters said the rule requiring a permit under the Clean Water Act before spraying pesticides is burdensome and duplicative. 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To achieve sustainable development we must transform current agriculture and food systems, including by supporting smallholders and family farmers, reducing pesticide and chemical use and improving land conservation practices, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) director-general said. 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The findings point the way toward more accurate climate modeling and improve scientists' understanding of distinct regional differences in microbial life. 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Derric Pennington, a research associate at the university's Institute on the Environment, recently led a study on Seven Mile Creek, an agricultural watershed in the Minnesota River basin. It is titled "Cost-effective Land Use Planning: Optimizing Land Use and Land Management Patterns to Maximize Social Benefits." 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For ecosystem restoration to deliver on multiple environmental and societal targets, the process of restoration must be redesigned to create a unified and scale-dependent approach that integrates natural and social sciences as well as the broader restoration community. READ MORE <http://strongmail1.multiview.com/track?type=click&eas=1&mailingid=2207142&messageid=2207142&databaseid=Mailing.DS207142.2207142.189906&serial=17733357&[log in to unmask]&userid=76865145&targetid=&fl=&extra=MultivariateId=&&&2083&&&http://multibriefs.com/ViewLink.php?i=592f2d36851c6> TRENDING ARTICLES ------------------------------ Missed last week's issue? 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