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Hancock County farm researches nutrient runoff solutions

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MCCOMB, Ohio (WNWO) -- A farm in Hancock County is doing research to try and avoid algal blooms in Lake Erie.

It's been a controversial topic after the Lake Erie Bill of Rights passed in Toledo then was challenged in court the very next day.

Stateler Family Farms in McComb is one of three demonstration farms in the state testing ways to reduce nutrient runoff.

This is the third year the farm has participated, to find out how other farms can reduce that runoff by 40 percent...read more.