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Environment
Chesapeake Bay farm bill spending work beginsPublished 07/15/08
ANNAPOLIS — Farmers want to take better care of their land — but they need more help from government to learn how to reduce pollution while still turning a profit, according to farmers and environmentalists weighing in Monday on how to spend some $188 million in new federal money to clean up the Chesapeake Bay.
The money, coming from the 2008 Farm Bill, will go to farmers across the Chesapeake's six-state watershed to reduce pollution running into the bay from fertilizer and animal waste. The five-year spending plan is aimed at helping states meet goals toward improving water quality in the nation's largest...
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