Blackland Research Center Water Sciences Laboratory, Texas - The Blackland Research Water Quality group is currently working on Water Quality research projects to develop Best Management Practices to reduce atrazine, sedimentation and nutrient losses from Central Texas farm and ranchland.
Center for Agriculture in the Environment - US nonprofit research center that conducts public policy research to reduce the loss of productive farmland and to promote farming practices that lead to a healthy environment. Information about projects, grant opportunities, and beneficial farm practices.
Enviroclips - Short articles on environmental aspects of agriculture, freely available for republication, from the agribusiness company Syngenta. Topics include soil and water conservation, precision agriculture, biotechnology, pesticides, and government regulation.
Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy - Mission is to create environmentally and economically sustainable rural communities and regions through sound agriculture and trade policy. Supporting sustainable agriculture, reduced pesticide use, and related practices.
The Land Institute - Research in natural systems agriculture featuring perennial grain polycultures using nature as its measure.
Nutrient and Water Policy Update - About U.S. federal and Pennsylvania state policies and programs to reduce environmental impacts of animal agriculture operations, plus information and links on agricultural water use and quality, impacts of concentrated animal feeding, and related topics.
Phosphorus Index - Modeling tools for assessment of phosphorus loading to waters from fertilizer and other sources.
The Public Lands Grazing Activist - Essays, photos, and technical references related to the impacts of livestock grazing on public lands in the Southwestern U.S.
Smoke Management Program - revisions to the regulation governing agricultural burning in California.
The Soil Management Collaborative Research Support Program (SM-CRSP) - Project to develop a decision support system for assessing tradeoffs between agricultural production and environmental impacts, for different economic, agricultural and environmental policies. Site has project reports, publications, and presentations.
UMD Agricultural Nutrient Management - Farmers and scientists can learn about nutrient contamination of the Chesapeake Bay and ways to prevent it by using best management practices.
Water Quality - University of Maine Cooperative Extension - Research information and advice to agricultural producers on best management practices to maintain water quality, including efficient nutrient and weed management practices and watershed management techniques.
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