America's hugely productive food system is one of its success stories. The nation will export a projected $139.5 billion in agricultural products this fiscal year alone. It's an industry that supports ...

U. of I. natural resources and environmental sciences researcher Lowell Gentry and his colleagues found that an intensive three-year crop-rotation system reduced nitrate pollution runoff by 50% ...

BLOOMINGTON — For three decades, Bloomington public works' water division has worked to keep farm runoff out of the city's drinking water.

Harmful algae blooms have become a top water polluter, fueled by fertilizers washing into lakes, streams and oceans. Federal and state programs have spent billions of dollars on cost-sharing payments ...

MATTOON — Mattoon has been dealing in recent years with drinking water taste and odor issues caused in part by algae growth, which is fueled by farm fertilizer runoff and by naturally occurring ...