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Agricultural Conservation Reduction Estimator (ACRE) - Farm-Level

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This website is intended for conservation planners and producers as a tool in assessing the effects of conservation practices that reduce sediment and nutrient pollution from agricultural lands.

The Agricultural Research Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture continues its mission of developing solutions to agricultural problems through research and dissemination of information to farmers and other stakeholders.

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Sediment

Sediment carried by heavy rainfall enters streams and lakes causing turbidity that harms aquatic life, clogs drainage ditches, stream channels, water intakes and reservoirs.

Nitrogen

Nitrogen is absorbed directly by plants. Those that are not absorbed by plant roots can easily run off into surface water or leach into groundwater system.

Phosphorus

Phosphorus is essential to all life. However, areas with high population density or intensive animal production receive excess phosphorus that causes eutrophication.

con·ser·va·tion

Noun. The protection, preservation, management, or restoration of wildlife and of natural resources such as forests, soil, and water.
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