A
bill in Wisconsin’s Senate might help farmers and the state’s water
quality. The proposal from Senators Robert
Cowles, Jerry Petrowski, and Representative Joel Kitchens calls for improved
pollutant trading, where a clearinghouse would provide payments to farmers for
adopting nutrient management practices or new technologies to prevent
phosphorus, nitrogen, and other pollutants from entering local waterways.
Senator Petrowski tells Brownfield this is one tool that can help keep more phosphorus in the soil and out of the waterways.
