Minnesota farmers are hovering near 99% compliance with a buffer law that’s been enforced since 2017. That’s a sign of success in a state filled with waterways, wetlands and over 14,000 lakes that are ...

The buffer strip law in Minnesota has been a hot topic, but what exactly is it, why has it been so contentious and what’s going on at the state and local level? Here is a guide to the controversial ...

The citizens of McLeod County need to trust their elected county commissioners to act in good faith and ensure the rights of its citizens are protected. Two areas of concern are implementation of the ...

Researcher Miguel Salceda tests the water from a well at the MU Horticulture and Agriculture Research Center in New Franklin. Salceda’s work focuses on how buffer strips filter out high levels of ...

Required land strips aid water quality, but enforcement is uneven. Farmer Ken Betzold has planted 50-foot-wide buffer strips on more than 1½ miles of riverland he owns in Dakota County. And not ...

An area lawmaker and Gov. Mark Dayton have differences over whether to change part of the state's current buffer strip law. Rep. Paul Torkelson, R-Hanska, was one of the GOP lawmakers who worked with ...

EASTON, Minn. — While he enjoys having a 'driveway' next to his fields, Joel Rauenhorst doesn't think the buffer strip he's required to have between his soybeans and a drainage ditch is the best way ...

Wetland buffer zones and naturally vegetated buffer strips may expand if two articles proposed at the annual town meeting in Mashpee are approved — and future construction projects could be affected.

PIERRE, S.D. (KELO) — A break on property taxes hasn’t spurred much participation in a cleaner-water program meant to reduce runoff from agricultural fields and pastures in South Dakota. So state ...

EASTON, Minn. — While he enjoys having a “driveway” next to his fields, Joel Rauenhorst doesn’t think the buffer strip he’s required to have between his soybeans and a drainage ditch is the best way ...