A record corn crop is possible
September 3, 2009

Nebraska is expected to approach or even exceed records for corn production this year, and it's expected to be a very good year for corn in Iowa as well, despite unusually cool temperatures that have stunted corn maturation. Corn production is one of the most important industries affecting water quality in Iowa and Nebraska, where water quality is directly affected by the use of fertilizers and water use is heavily driven (in Nebraska, at least) by corn irrigation. We are especially attuned to the effects that runoff has on non-point-source pollution, which has a major impact on municipal drinking-water quality in several of our larger metropolitan areas, like Des Moines, Omaha, and Cedar Rapids, which draw their water from surface or surface-influenced water supplies.

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last revised September 2009