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Olmsted pilot credited with reducing nitrate; lawmakers hear proposal to expand soil-health groundwater program regionally
Summary
County-led soil-health initiative in Olmsted County paid on outcomes (e.g., 12-inch cover-crop growth) and reported reductions in tile-nitrate samples; proponents urged expansion across Southeast Minnesota and asked committee to fund or authorize regional roll-out.
Representative Smith introduced House File 2916 and ceded time to Olmsted County Soil and Water Conservation District staff and local farmers to present results from the county’s groundwater protection and soil-health initiative and to request expansion across Southeast Minnesota.
Skip Langer, Olmsted County soil-conservation manager, said the program began as a local response to rising costs for homeowners drilling deeper wells to avoid nitrate-contaminated water and to tile-sampling results that…
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