Farm Progress

Gulf of Mexico water quality improves with ag efforts

EPA says nitrogen levels to the Gulf of Mexico dropped 28%, meeting the 2025 target. Farmers' efforts have helped reach that ...
WWNO

This summer’s ‘dead zone’ in the Gulf will be larger than average, but task force claims progress is being made

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration expects a so-called “dead zone” roughly the size of New Jersey to develop in the Gulf of Mexico this summer. Also known as a hypoxic zone, a ...
The Gazette

Size of Gulf ‘dead zone’ expected to be average this year. Funding woes for research and action could be much bigger

The annual forecast for the “dead zone” in the Gulf of Mexico, which President Donald Trump has renamed the Gulf of America, predicts the section of water where oxygen is unnaturally low will be about ...
American Farm Bureau Federation

Agriculture Community Makes Progress Toward Hypoxia Goals

Farmers and ranchers have made good progress to reduce runoff into the Mississippi River basin. Chad Smith has the details. Smith: States along the Mississippi River basin have surpassed a key federal ...