USDA report shows agricultural conservation practices helping reduce pollution to Chesapeake Bay

A USDA study shows that conservation practices have reduced nutrient and sediment pollution to the Bay and its rivers.

By Alicia Pimental |
Farmland borders the Choptank River near Easton, Md., on June 18, 2010. A USDA report shows that farming practices like cover crops, conservation tillage and forest buffers are helping reduce pollution. (Photo by Matt Rath/Chesapeake Bay Program)

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