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Research: How grass waterways and tile drainage can work together

AMES, Iowa – Grass waterways across the landscape offer promising opportunities to reduce nitrate pollution in tile drainage from agricultural land, according to ongoing research led by the University of Iowa and Iowa State University.

Linear strips of sod planted in drainageways, grass waterways slow surface water runoff to catch and reduce soil erosion. The widespread conservation practice has been popular for decades in many areas of the state and Midwest. | READ MORE

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