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Oxbows cut nitrates in farm drainage water

2015-07-14 22:51:00| Corn & Soybean Digest

Dredged stream segments cut nitrates by 50% and provide critical fish and wildlife habitat and flood control. Old stream channels are helping to clean up farm drainage water in north central Iowa. Restored oxbows in the Boone River Watershed reduced nitrate concentrations in tile water by about 50%, according to water monitoring data gathered by the Iowa Soybean Association. read more

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