Illinois tasked with adding 150 million stems of new milkweed in nectar sources.
Partnership provides hands-on learning, fosters conservation minded farmers.
More 4,000 soybean growers, including 300 in Illinois, will be surveyed.
The $999,377 goes toward research on harmful algal blooms (HABs).
Agency set to publish chlorpyrifos risk assessment, proposed decision in October.
University of Illinois research says nitrogen from soil is key.
County Farm Bureaus may apply for a grant by Oct. 30.
Farmers have planted four different cover crop seed mixes over 400 acres.
Nine county Farm Bureaus part of alliance to promote pollinator plot, stewardship.