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<title>New USDA program to help VT farmers reduce phosphorus loading</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Jul 2, 2012) Lake Champlain’s Missisquoi Bay is plagued by phosphorus pollution. When hot weather comes, the pollution feeds potentially dangerous blue-green algae blooms. Phosphorus is a common fertilizer,  and the excess causing the local problems comes primarily from agricultural runoff. An international study has helped pinpoint the sources around the big bay, which spans the Vermont-Quebec border in the northeast corner of the lake.  Sarah Harris reports on a new USDA program that uses the targeted information to help farmers in the surrounding watershed change their methods and reduce pollution. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/20034/20120702/new-usda-program-to-help-vt-farmers-reduce-phosphorus-loading">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
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