Groups at odds over proposed nitrate pollution rules for farmers in northeast Oregon

After decades of farm and food processing pollution contaminating groundwater in northeast Oregon, state regulators are ...
Grainews

Prevent nitrate poisoning in overwintering beef cows

High-nitrate feeds can be deadly for overwintering beef cows. They can be used, but only if they’re processed and diluted in ...
Science Daily

Making a better nitrate test kit

This little black box could change how we study one of the world's biggest water quality issues. Scientists have created this new nitrate test kit. The dull black plastic of the device on Joshua ...
University of Delaware

End-of-Season Corn Stalk Nitrate Testing to Optimize Nitrogen Management

The end-of-season corn stalk nitrate test (CSNT) is a simple, inexpensive tool that can be used to assess the nitrogen (N) status of a corn crop at the end of the growing season. Data from studies ...
University of Delaware

Nitrogen Management for Corn in Delaware: The Pre-Sidedress Nitrate Test

Revised Document Prepared by: A.L. Shober, K.L. Gartley, and J.T. Sims Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Delaware Unlike other nutrients, such as potassium or phosphorus, the ...
Nature

An evaluation of semi-quantitative test strips for the measurement of nitrate in drinking water in epidemiologic studies

Exposure to nitrate or nitrite in drinking water is associated with methemoglobinemia in infants, and possibly cancer (Grosse et al., 2006) and selected reproductive and developmental outcomes ...