Nutrient runoff from agricultural fields accounts for about 80% of the nutrients that flow into Lake Erie. Farmers are working to minimize impacts by applying fertilizer pellets beneath the soil surface rather than atop where rain can wash it away. Read the full story by The Associated Press.
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