The USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics
Service is surveying Illinois farmers about their nutrient management
practices.
The survey is for the Illinois Nutrient
Research and Education Council and will measure methods including cover crops
usage, fertilizer application timing, and methods of determining nitrogen
application rates. It will also measure edge of field practices such as wood
chip bioreactors and saturated buffers.
The NRCS says the surveys are the best way to
save taxpayer dollars and still gather information from the best resource
possible- farmers themselves.
