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IL’s N-WATCH soil testing program improving NM

May 29, 2013 ­– In fall 2012, the Illinois Council on Best Management Practices (CBMP) launched the N-WATCH soil testing program to educate the agricultural industry about residual nitrogen left over from the 2012 drought-stricken corn crop and to provide farmers a tool to inventory and track the residual nitrogen.

Great interest in the program resulted in more than 300 field locations throughout the state participating in N-WATCH. READ MORE