Midwest farmers ease into credit system to fight Gulf 'dead zone'

摘要

A pilot program set to fully launch next month will pay farmers in the Midwest to run their farmsrnin a way that doesn't contribute to a growing "dead zone" in the Gulf of Mexico.rnThe program from the Electric Power Research Institute, an industry group, would establish arncredit system to encourage farms to curb agricultural runoff, like nitrogen and phosphorous.rnThe credits can then be sold to power plants, sewage plants and other facilities that want tornrelease nutrients into the river.