Agricultural Impacts on the Minnesota River

    
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"The most polluted river in the state, the Minnesota is fouled primarily from soil, pesticides, and fertilizer washing in from the surrounding 37-county watershed, which is the state’s most intensively farmed region.” [3]
 
I.  The Effects of Agricultural Chemical Application

II.  The Effects of Soil Erosion and Sedimentation in the Mn River 

III.  The Effects of Differentiated Drainage Techniques

IV.  The Economic Costs and Benefits of Industrial vs Sustainable Agriculture

V.  Sustainable Agriculture

VI.  References


Lisa Moldan, Casey Harrington,  Laina Copley, Joanna Dobson,  Emily Heckel
Macalester College
St. Paul, MN