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Groundwater in parts of Kansas is polluted with high levels of nitrates from decades of farming. Farmers can use this nitrate-laden water to reduce their fertilizer costs, which have recently risen.

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Organic produce sales are on the upswing, and that is creating a greater incentive for growers to expand organic acreage.

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